Clinton Madarian, the successor to Susan Calvin at U.S. Robots who has just retired, initiates a project to create a "feminine" robot which not only has female physical characteristics but will (it is hoped) have a brain with "feminineintuition."[1] After several failures together costing half a billion dollars, JN-5 (also known as Jane) is produced and the company plan to use it (her) to analyse astronomical data at the Lowell Observatory at Flagstaff, Arizona, to calculate the most likely stars in the vicinity of Earth to have habitable planets. This will allow the most effective use of the hyperspace drive to explore those stars.
Madarian and Jane go to Flagstaff and after absorbing as much knowledge on astronomy as possible, Jane gives Madarian an answer. Mandarian and Jane board the plane that will take them back to U.S. Robots, and Mandarian calls the director of the company with the news, stating that "a witness" had also heard Jane's answer. Unfortunately, Madarian and Jane are killed and destroyed respectively in an aircrash before completing the call.
Desperate to know what, if anything, Jane had discovered, U.S. Robots asks Susan Calvin for her assistance. She solves the problem using her own version of feminine intuition – a combination of careful information gathering and astute psychological reasoning. She deduces from the timing of the call (and Madarian's propensity to call as soon as possible) that the "witness" must have been the truck driver that took them to the plane. Information provided by this truck driver enables her to reconstruct Jane's answer.
feminine, intuition, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, august. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Feminine Intuition news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message Feminine Intuition is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov originally published in the October 1969 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and collected in The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories 1976 The Complete Robot 1982 and Robot Visions 1990 Feminine Intuition Short story by Isaac AsimovCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishGenre s Science fictionPublicationPublished inThe Magazine of Fantasy and Science FictionPublication typePeriodicalPublisherMercury PublicationsMedia typePrint Magazine Hardback amp Paperback Publication dateOctober 1969ChronologySeriesRobot series Robot Dreams Light VersePlot summary editClinton Madarian the successor to Susan Calvin at U S Robots who has just retired initiates a project to create a feminine robot which not only has female physical characteristics but will it is hoped have a brain with feminine intuition 1 After several failures together costing half a billion dollars JN 5 also known as Jane is produced and the company plan to use it her to analyse astronomical data at the Lowell Observatory at Flagstaff Arizona to calculate the most likely stars in the vicinity of Earth to have habitable planets This will allow the most effective use of the hyperspace drive to explore those stars Madarian and Jane go to Flagstaff and after absorbing as much knowledge on astronomy as possible Jane gives Madarian an answer Mandarian and Jane board the plane that will take them back to U S Robots and Mandarian calls the director of the company with the news stating that a witness had also heard Jane s answer Unfortunately Madarian and Jane are killed and destroyed respectively in an aircrash before completing the call Desperate to know what if anything Jane had discovered U S Robots asks Susan Calvin for her assistance She solves the problem using her own version of feminine intuition a combination of careful information gathering and astute psychological reasoning She deduces from the timing of the call and Madarian s propensity to call as soon as possible that the witness must have been the truck driver that took them to the plane Information provided by this truck driver enables her to reconstruct Jane s answer References edit Feminine Intuition www goodreads com Retrieved 2022 08 07 External links editFeminine Intuition title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Preceded by Robot Dreams Included in The Complete RobotRobot Visions Series Robot seriesFoundation Series Followed by Light Verse Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Feminine Intuition amp oldid 1105637700, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
