JerroddconsolesherthatMicrovacwiltakecareofeverythingbutthereisagain “INSUFFICIENTDATAFORMEANINGFULANSWER”. (Jerrodd,Jerrodine,Jerrodete Iand Jerrodete I) in a spaceship with their supercomputerMicrovacwhichhelpsthem tolocateX-23,anew planetforhuman rehabilitation.Jerrodinewondersifgoingouttonew planetswilsetlepeoplethere forever?Herhusbandrespondednegatively:‘Notforever’.Jerroddbelievesthatevery starisrunning-downoftheuniversesoentropymustincrease.Therefore,nostaris goingtosurviveforever.JerrodeteIgetsfrightenedtoknow thatentropycancause deathtothestars.ShewantsherfathertoaskMicrovacifentropycanbereversed.
Scene2 MICROVAC (Jerrodd,Jerrodine,andJerrodeteIandI) Thestoryskipsahead along period oftimeand thesecond sceneissetaway fromEarthinspace.Weareintroducedwithanew generationfamilyoffourmembers 1Entropy:theamountof(energy)running-downoftheuniverse. Thiswasamomentofjubilationforeverybody.AdelandLupow,thefaithfulatendants ofMultivac,drunkincelebration,enjoyedaweekinpartying.UnatendedMultivactoo earneditsvocationasitstayedidlesortingitsdatalazily.Thetwotechnicians,Adeland Lupow seeMultivacagainonMay21,2061.Theystartthinkingaboutthetheoretical futureofSunlosingitsenergyandthedeathoftheuniversethereafter.Adelthinksthat entropy1canbereversed.Hetakesthechalengeof5dolarbetwithLupowandposes thequestiontoMultivac:“How canthenetamountofentropyoftheuniversebe massively decreased?” Multivac responds with “INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MEANINGFULANSWER”. Scene1 MULTIVAC Thefirstscenebeginsin2061,withtheactivationofthenew globalsupercomputer, Multivac.TheearlierversionsofMultivachadhelpeddesigntheshipsandplotthe trajectoriesthatenabledmantoreachtheMoon,MarsandVenus.However,Earth’s poorresources(coalanduranium)couldnotsupporttheshipsforlongertripsany thenonMay14,2061thatMultivachelpedtotametheSun.Theenergyofthesunwas stored,converted,andutilizeddirectlyonaplanet-widescale.AlEarth,turningoffits burningcoalandfissioninguranium,startedrunningbyinvisiblebeamsofsunpower.
Download Asimov (The Last Question).pdf and more English Literature Study notes in PDF only on Docsity!TheLastQuestion (IsaacAsimov) TheLastQuestion(1956),asciencefictionshortstorybyIsaacAsimov,isabouta possiblequestionthatispresentedtoaseriesofsupercomputersoveraperiodoften trilionyears.Thestoryisseparatedintosevensectionswithdifferentsetingsand characters.Thesesevensectionscanbeseenassevendifferentscenesinthestory.
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