it''s the tale of the fall of the Galactic Empire and the rise of the Foundation. Pretty normal so far, except for the fact
that the Foundation''s destiny is guided by psychohistory, a scientific method of predicting the
future, developed the the Foundation''s founder, Hari Seldon. Hari Seldon plots the paths of the Foundation, from its start to, one thousand years later, its leadership of the galaxy.
In ''Foundation'', the early golden days of the Foundation are told, of how the society managed to gain survival and ultimately pre-eminence in it''s local sector, not through violence, but through cunning.