Isaac Asimov, an American science fiction writer and a brilliant popularizer of science, is well known to Soviet readers. His book and several individual stories have been published in our country. Today, readers of “Young Technician” can get acquainted with the story “A Place with a Lot of Water.” For the first time A. Azimov became famous as a scientist. His work in the field of metabolism brought him fame in the scientific world. This primarily applies to the major work “Human Biochemistry”. And in his writing, A. Azimov is based on strict logical assumptions. About twenty of his science fiction novels, novellas, and short stories are based on data from modern science. Of course, the writer invents and builds hypotheses, but these are almost always educated guesses arising from the author’s extensive scientific experience. In recent years, Isaac Asimov has been increasingly involved in popularizing science. He spoke brilliantly about the achievements of biology and chemistry and built amazing hypotheses using the latest discoveries. Having become acquainted with the story posted here, our readers will certainly be interested in the work of the great American writer. This story will be included in A. Azimov’s book, which will soon be published by the Mir publishing house. The preface to it was written by Soviet writers A. and B. Strugatsky.