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Title: A Problem of Numbers

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Title: A Problem of Numbers Title Record # 62433
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1970-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Originally published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1970. The story has no speculative elements - it is a chemistry-tied number enigma.
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Year Title
1978Originally published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1970 as "A Problem of Numbers"
As Chemist to Chemist
Year Language Title
1992Translated by Walter Brumm
German
Ein Zahlenrätsel?Ein Zahlenraetsel

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1970 1970-05-00 ed. Editors of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Davis Publications  
$0.60?$: US dollar
166
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Checkmark
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November-December 1978 1978-11-00 ed. George H. Scithers Davis Publications  
$1.25?$: US dollar
196
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag George Barr Checkmark
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Anthology, Volume 4 1980-00-00 ed. George H. Scithers Davis Publications  
$2.50?$: US dollar
288
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
anth Checkmark
Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction 1980-11-00 ed. George H. Scithers The Dial Press 0-8037-4192-8
$9.95?$: US dollar
284
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov 1987-00-00 Isaac Asimov Grafton Books 0-246-13186-1
£10.95?£: UK pound
345
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll David Juniper Checkmark
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov 1987-09-00 Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest / Ballantine 0-449-13287-0
$4.50?$: US dollar
400
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Checkmark
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov 1989-05-00 Isaac Asimov Dark Harvest 0-913165-44-1
$21.95?$: US dollar
678
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ron Lindahn , Val Lakey Lindahn  
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov 1989-05-00 Isaac Asimov Dark Harvest 0-913165-43-3
$49.00?$: US dollar
678
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ron Lindahn , Val Lakey Lindahn  
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov! 1991-00-00 Isaac Asimov Legend 0-7126-4690-6
£14.99?£: UK pound
836
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Tony Roberts (artist) Checkmark
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov!: Volume Five 1991-04-00 Isaac Asimov Ace Books 0-441-03111-0
$3.95?$: US dollar
183
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov: Volume Two 1991-10-00 Isaac Asimov Legend 0-7126-4970-0
£8.99?£: UK pound
351
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Tony Roberts (artist)  
Die Asimov-Chronik: Die Menschheit wird gerettet 1992-00-00 Isaac Asimov Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #8358) 3-453-05287-0
DM 14.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
426
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Karel Thole Checkmark
Ellery Queen's Headliners: 20 Stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine date unknown ed. Editor's of Ellery Queen's Annuals Book Club Associates     x+
315
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
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