American science fiction author and biochemist (1920–1992), an early critic turned friend of Star Trek, who is credited as special science consultant on Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
Isaac Asimov was an American author and professor of biochemistry, born in 1920, famous for the Foundation and Robot stories and for hundreds of books of popular science.
In 1966 he wrote a magazine article that teased the new series for scientific slips. Gene Roddenberry wrote to him in reply, and the two became regular correspondents, with Asimov offering advice during the original run, including on how to handle the growing popularity of Spock beside Kirk.
When Star Trek: The Motion Picture was made in 1979, Asimov read the script and commented on its ideas about machine intelligence; he appears in the credits as special science consultant. He remained a public supporter of Star Trek until his death in 1992.