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  Susan Calvin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Susan Calvin, from a cover to I, Robot.
Susan Calvin (born 1982 A.D.) is a fictional character from Isaac Asimov's Robot Series.
It is unclear whether Clarke is referring to Calvin in the sense of Asimov's fictional character or as a character who existed in his fictional universe.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Susan_Calvin   (395 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Susan Calvin
Dr Susan Calvin (born 1982) is a fictional character from Isaac Asimov's Robot Series.
With a framing device involving an interviewer who's researching the life of Dr. Susan Calvin and her involvement with the history of the robots, the stories have been assembled in chronological order to form a novel in effect.
In an almost teasing speech, quite unlike her usual self, Dr. Calvin notes that there is one case, "just one", where a robot may avoid the First Law: when the "man" who is harmed is only another robot.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Susan-Calvin   (288 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Calvin Coolidge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Coolidge was elected mayor of Northampton in 1910 and 1911, was a member of the State senate 1912-1915, serving as president of that body in 1914 and 1915.
Calvin Coolidge was in Vermont, the morning of August 3rd (EST).
Before his election in 1924, Coolidge's younger son, Calvin, Jr., contracted a blister from playing tennis on the White House courts.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Calvin_Coolidge   (3468 words)

  
 John Calvin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Reading Calvin's interpretation of Job against the background of his most important medieval predecessors, Schreiner shows how central Job is to Calvin's struggles with issues of creation, the problem of evil, the meaning of history, and the doctrine of providence.
For Calvin and his predecessors, Schreiner argues, the concept of intellectual perception is the key to an understanding of Job.
Eloquently depicting Calvin's life as a French exile, a humanist in the tradition of Erasmus, and a man unusually sensitive to the complexities and contradictions of later Renaissance culture, Bouwsma reveals a surprisingly human, plausible, ecumenical, and often sympathetic Calvin.
www.kenanderson.net /store/bible/john_calvin.html   (771 words)

  
 Isaac Asimov - Wikipedia
Der Charakter Susan Calvin spielt ebenfalls eine große Rolle in den Geschichten.
Mit Susan Calvin schuf er eine Figur, die von Arthur C. Clarke im Roman 3001 - Die letzte Odyssee als „Vorbild im geistigen Wettstreit zwischen Robotern und Menschen“ bezeichnet wurde.
Susan Calvin war eine der Lieblingsfiguren von Asimov.
de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Susan_Calvin   (1509 words)

  
 Asimov's I, Robot
In the book Susan Calvin is trying to analyze behavior and thoughts of robots that designed and created by men, but, at the same time, outperforming their creators in almost every task and role.
Susan Calvin realizes that it could have been a set-up, and that human who was hit could have been another robot, which would prove that Byerley was a robot.
Susan Calvin says: " …it means that the Machine is conducting our future for us not only simply in direct questions, but in general answer to the world situation and to human psychology as a whole… Think, that for all time, all conflicts are finally evitable.
www.iit.edu /%7Ecs485/reports/asimovsi.htm   (1558 words)

  
 Calvin College - Economics and Business - Faculty and Staff
Susan has a B.S. in Anthropology-Zoology from the University of Michigan, a certificate for legal assistants from Frederick County Community College, Maryland, and an MPA, concentrating in Nonprofit Management and Leadership, from Grand Valley State University.
Susan serves as a member or officer on the Board of Directors of three nonprofit community organizations.
She comes to Calvin via Seattle Pacific University, where she taught in the MBA program, and U.S. Treasury in Washington, D.C., where she negotiated international trade agreements for the finance sector.
www.calvin.edu /academic/econ-bus/faculty   (1181 words)

  
 E-nigma -- Eduardo Torres fala de "Eu, Robô" de Isaac Asimov   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Susan Calvin, da super-poderosa empresa U.S. Robôs e Homens Mecânicos, que tem que descobrir como e por que foi criado inadvertidamente Herbie, um robô capaz de ler pensamentos.
Calvin, onde conhecemos Nestor, um robô que teve a Primeira Lei enfraquecida em seu cérebro positrônico, causando, como sempre, consequências não previstas, inclusive o fato inédito de robôs mentindo para humanos.
Susan Calvin é chamada para descobrir como o Cérebro pode ser usado nesse problema sem risco de sua destruição.
ficcao.online.pt /E-nigma/criticas/eurobo.html   (914 words)

  
 Fictionwise eBooks: Robot Dreams by Isaac Asimov   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Robopsychologist Susan Calvin is back, and at her best (but you don't need to have read any of Asimov's other robot stories to enjoy this one).
Susan Calvin said nothing, but her lined face, old with wisdom and experience, seemed to undergo a microscopic twitch.
Slowly, Susan Calvin studied the screen, moving it across and down, then up, then suddenly throwing in a key-combination so rapidly that Linda didn't see what had been done, but the pattern displayed a new portion of itself altogether and had been enlarged.
www.fictionwise.com /ebooks/ebook688.htm   (606 words)

  
 Calvin College: Calvin News
The Seminars in Christian Scholarship at Calvin College are intended to bring together professors from all over the world for three weeks of collaboration and discussion about a topic in their discipline.
Calvin not only provides a hospitable academic environment for summer participants, it also takes care of the families.
However, at the heart of radical orthodoxy is a trenchant critique of late-medieval 'nominalism' which influenced both Luther and Calvin.
www.calvin.edu /news/releases/2003_04/seminars.htm   (914 words)

  
 Stone County Missouri Biographies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Calvin and Mary Jane Cloud owned a farm on James River near McCall Bridge in Stone Co. in what is now Cass Twp.
He came to the home of Calvin and Mary Jane, they gave him a home until he was about 17 years of age when he left and joined a gang of bushwhackers.
Calvin recognized Alf's voice and told him to get off that horse and ask for the gun like a man, at that Alf shot Calvin and shot at Mary Jane missing her.
www.rootsweb.com /~mostone/biography/cloud.htm   (454 words)

  
 .: la FUNDACIÓN on line :. EL DILEMA DE HAMLET / JOSÉ CARLOS CANALDA
—Susan Calvin volvía a exhibir su tradicional hermetismo— Y avíseme en cuanto haya terminado.
Susan Calvin se encontraba sentada frente a una consola de ordenador que en nada se diferenciaba de cualquier otro terminal informático de los muchos existentes en el laboratorio...
Susan Calvin continuó trabajando en sus tareas habituales mientras Jiménez, por último, era promovido a un alto cargo ejecutivo de gran consideración dentro del organigrama interno de U.S. Robots, cargo que le mantendría cuidadosamente alejado de todo cuanto pudiera suponer el menor contacto con el diseño y desarrollo de robots.
usuarios.lycos.es /isaacasimov/rel002.htm   (11021 words)

  
 The Templeton Gate - Authors - Harlan Ellison - I, Robot Screenplay
It was the devotion of Robbie to young Susan, and her to it, that compells her to pursue a career in robotics.
When Herbie learns that Susan Calvin harbors an infatuation with another of her colleagues, Milton Ashe, the robot informs her that Ashe is secretly in love with her but is too shy to broach the subject himself.
Calvin argues in his defense that it is the perfect opportunity to see if a positronic brain could be trained from scratch much as a child learns from its experiences.
members.tripod.com /templetongate/robotfilm.htm   (2142 words)

  
 The Alien Online - Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror News, Reviews, Articles and more...
The new (in 1950) material linking the stories is framed around an interview with Dr Susan Calvin, a robopsychologist whose life encompasses the robot age.
The message is simple, and is stated by Susan Calvin in the preamble "They're a cleaner, better breed than we are." Better at everything, including the most basic human functions.
Calvin is willing to destroy hundreds of robots if necessary.
www.thealienonline.net /ao_060.asp?baa=1&tid=2&scid=14&iid=2536   (1297 words)

  
 Fictionwise eBooks: Balance by Mike Resnick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Susan Calvin stepped up to the podium and surveyed her audience: the stockholders of The United States Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation.
Calvin launched into a detailed explanation of the advanced new circuitry she had introduced into the positronic brain, breaking it down into terms a layman--even a stockholder--could understand.
Calvin noticed a number of the men staring admiringly at her questioner.
www.fictionwise.com /ebooks/eBook6342.htm   (482 words)

  
 The Templeton Gate - Authors - Isaac Asimov - I, Robot
The connecting passages are the notes and commentaries of a reporter investigating the life of Susan Calvin on the occasion of her retirement from the company.
Even though Calvin suspects he is a robot, she defends his position since she has always been more fond of robots than of other humans.
The lie he tells Susan Calvin is that the man she secretly admires, Milton Ashe, is actually in love with her.
members.tripod.com /templetongate/irobot.htm   (1629 words)

  
 Calvin
Susan Calvin est robopsychologue à l'United States Robots, Inc. Née en 1982, elle a aujourd'hui 75 ans.
Calvin n'hésitait pas, en son temps, à enfumer les ennemis de la religion d'Etat.
En parlant de Henry Calvin, un journaliste a dit de lui qu'il jouait "comme s'il allait dans trois directions en même temps".
www.limmil.com /fr/Calvin.shtml   (982 words)

  
 Susan Calvin Fletcher Patent Inventor Huntsville, AL, US
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If Susan Calvin Fletcher filed recent patent applications under another name, spelling or location then those applications could be listed on an alternate page.
www.freshpatents.com /Susan-Heath-Calvin-Fletcher-Huntsville-invdirc.php   (164 words)

  
 speedx weblog: Susan Calvin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Mas agora que eu vi que quem vai interpretar a Susan Calvin é uma gostosona Hollydoodiana, fiquei mais preocupado ainda com a qualidade final do trabalho.
A Susan Calvin "original" é uma mulher cuja vida teve apenas um foco, os robôs, e ela descrita como uma mulher sem muitos atrativos (além da inteligência) sempre que aparecia nos livros.
Aiding Spooner in his investigation is a psychologist, Dr. Susan Calvin (Moynahan), who specializes in the psyches of robots...
speedx.geekbunker.org /archives/001719.html   (245 words)

  
 Io Robot, il Film
I, Robot è il titolo di una raccolta di nove racconti brevi, in cui un reporter intervista Susan Calvin, la robopsicologa sulla sua vita spesa lavorando con i robot.
Susan Calvin, la robopsicologa è il personaggio centrale di molti dei racconti robotici.
La Calvin è una donna molto intelligente, energica e dotata di grande forza di volontà, ma poco femminile e per niente attraente.
www.isaacasimov.it /io_robot_il_film.htm   (880 words)

  
 U-blog / urobore / Le robot qui rêvait - Isaac Asimov
Susan Calvin ne fit aucune réflexion mais son visage ridé, vieilli par la sagesse et l'expérience, se crispa imperceptiblement.
Susan Calvin retira de sa poche le pistolet à électrons et Linda regarda l'arme, fascinée.
Alors Susan Calvin leva son pistolet à électrons et tira, et Elvex cessa d'exister.
www.u-blog.net /urobore/note/84   (3029 words)

  
 Lenny de Isaac Asimov
Susan Calvin se enfrentó a él con calma mortal.
Susan Calvin y Alfred Lanning estaban junto a la cama; los acompañaba Peter Bogert, que se había encontrado con ellos por el camino.
Y se oyeron los pasos de Susan Calvin apresurándose por el laboratorio para ir a atender a la única clase de niño que ella podía tener y amar.
www.letrasperdidas.galeon.com /consagrados/c_asimov08.htm   (3722 words)

  
 Susan Calvin
Susan Calvin and her involvement with the history of the robots, the stories have been assembled in chronological order to form a novel in effect.
Susan Calvin è un personaggio creato dallo scrittore di fantascienza Isaac Asimov.
Calvin E. SMITH / Susan M. INDEX [ 8588 ] Sources for Calvin: 1.
www.logicjungle.com /wiki/Susan_Calvin   (253 words)

  
 Question about Susan Calvin in _I, Robot_ (Spoilers)
Evidence for: * Calvin is unfamiliar with the story of Hansel and Gretel, and.
I must also point out that the Susan Calvin of the Asimov stories is most certainly not a robot (but, just like the film version, is cold and apparently prefers robots to humans).
However, in "Evidence," written in 1946 and one of _I, Robot_'s stories, she meets Stephen Byerley, a district attorney and mayoral candidate, whose political opponents claim is secretly a robot.
www.talkaboutabook.com /group/alt.books.isaac-asimov/messages/31916.html   (745 words)

  
 Memorable Quotes from I, Robot (2004)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Susan Calvin: Then we'd have to find a way to climb down thirty stories and inject the nannites directly.
Calvin's home in the shower, and Spooner calls her answering machine] Calvin, the NS5s are destroying the older robots, that's what Lanning wanted me to see on the hills, we must...
Susan Calvin: There is a robot that doesn't belong in this formation.
www.unipeak.com /gethtml.php?_u_r_l_=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5pbWRiLmNvbTo4MC90aXRsZS90dDAzNDM4MTgvcXVvdGVz   (1786 words)

  
 Optimum Online - Movie Details   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Spooner is aided by psychologist Dr. Susan Calvin, and the death is initially labeled a suicide.
As Spooner and Calvin investigate the death, they come to believe that a robot did, in fact, commit the crime.
They are aided in their investigation by Dr. Lanning himself, who appears as a hologram, and reveals that he was working on a top secret project at the time of his death.
www.optonline.net /Movies/MovieDetails?movieId=43211   (159 words)

  
 Watches: Calvin Watches
Then, Calvin finds a couple of old shoes that had been used by a great basketball player of the past.
The narrator, and central character, is Dr. Susan Calvin, chief robopsychologist at US Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc., the major manufacturer of robots.
The first paragraph is a quotation of one of the book's characters, Dr Susan Calvin, but the rest reads rather like the copy of an editor who hadn't actually read the book.
www.williamstitanium.com /14.html   (1103 words)

  
 I, Robot: The Movie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Will Smith and robopsychologist Susan Calvin solve the problem by issuing orders to the 1000 robots and logically identifying the 1001st robot that doesn't belong.
Susan Calvin discovers that the runaway robot had some special alterations.
Having solved the mystery, Will Smith and Susan Calvin repair the problem.
robotics.caltech.edu /~mason/ramblings/iRobot.html   (279 words)

  
 Isaac Asimov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Just as well, Lenny deals with the capacity of robopsychologist Susan Calvin to feel maternal love towards a robot whose positronic brain capacities are those of a 3-year-old.
Gunn observes that there are places where Asimov's style rises to the demands of the situation; he cites the climax of "Liar!" as an example.
Sharply-drawn characters occur at key junctures of his storylines: in addition to Susan Calvin in "Liar!" and "Evidence", we find Arkady Darell in Second Foundation, Elijah Baley in The Caves of Steel and Hari Seldon in the Foundation prequels.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Isaac_Asimov   (6962 words)

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