Bvisa mazita azere evanhu vari murugwaro. Dzinonyorwa dzichiparadzaniswa nemitsetse mitsva.
Context:Chikamu ichi ndechepakutanga chebhuku ra1951. Chinoitika muna 12 067 N.V. ("Nguva yeGalactic"). Nhau yacho inotanga paTrantor, dzimbahwe reUmambo hweGalactic hwamakore 12 000 akare, hune simba asi huchiora zvishoma nezvishoma. Hari Seldon, nyanzvi yemasvomhu uye nyanzvi yezvepfungwa, akagadzira psychohistory, munda mutsva wesayenzi uye wepfungwa unobata mikana yose munzanga huru nemasvomhu, uchibvumira kufungidzira kwezviitiko zvomunguva yemberi.  Achishandisa psychohistory, Seldon akawana kuderera uye pakupedzisira kuwa kweUmambo, achitsamwisa nhengo dzepamusoro-soro dzeDare Rokuchengetedza Ruzhinji, vatongi vechokwadi veUmambo. Komisheni inoona maonero aSeldon nemashoko ake sekutengesa nyika, uye anosungwa pamwe chete nenyanzvi yemasvomhu muduku Gaal Dornick, uyo asvika kuTrantor kuzobatana neboka raSeldon. Seldon anotongwa neKomisheni; anodzivirira zvaanotenda, achitsanangura dzidziso dzake nekufungidzira, kusanganisira kutenda kwake kuti Humambo huchaparara mumakore mazana matatu uye nepo Humambo hweChipiri huchazombomuka huchauya chete mushure memakore makumi matatu ezera rerima. Anozivisa Komisheni kuti imwe nzira yeramangwana iri inogona kuwanikwa uye anovatsanangurira kuti kugadzira rondedzero yeruzivo rwese rwevanhu, Encyclopedia Galactica, hakugone kudzivirira kudonha kusingadzivisike kweHumambo asi kwaizoderedza nguva yerima kusvika kune chiuru chemakore.  Sangano reCommission, risingadi kuita kuti Seldon ave mufi, rinomupa kuti aende kunyika iri kure, Terminus, nevamwe vanogona kumubatsira kugadzira Encyclopedia. Anobvuma zvavanomupa, anogadzirira kuenda kwe"Encyclopedists" uye anogamuchira chirevo chamambo chinobvuma zviri pamutemo zvaakaita. Seldon anoudza Dornick kuti, pasinei nekutenda kweHumambo kuti yakawana nekudzinga Seldon, mhedzisiro yaive chaizvo izvo zvaaida uye zvaaitarisira. Terminus yaizova musha weFundesheni yokutanga nepo yechipiri yaizogadzwa pa"Star's End". Seldon anobva aburitsa pachena kuti ari kufa, uye anokumbira Dornick kuti ave mutungamiri muNew Foundation.
Hari Seldon Gaal Dornick