(JTA) — This Friday, following a pandemic delay, Apple TV+ will debut “Foundation,” the first-ever screen adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s bestselling, award-winning science-fiction book series.

Isaac Asimov had a PhD in chemistry. His first sci-fi story was rejected by a publisher in 1938. (Photo by Phillip Leonian from New York via Wikimedia Commons) One of the greatest science-fiction ...