Dr. Susan Calvin, from a cover to I, Robot.

Dr. Susan Calvin (b.1982 d.2064) is a fictional character from Isaac Asimov's Robot Series. She was the chief robopsychologist at US Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc., the major manufacturer of robots in the 21st century. She was the main character in many short stories from the books I, Robot and The Complete Robot. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... I, Robot is a collection of nine science fiction short stories by Isaac Asimov, first published by Gnome Press in 1950. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2064 (MMLXIV) will be a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alice, a fictional character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... Isaac Asimov (January 2?, 1920? – April 6, 1992, IPA: , originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as Айзек Азимов) was a Russian-born American author and professor of biochemistry, a highly successful and exceptionally prolific writer best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. ... Isaac Asimovs Robot Series is a series of books by Isaac Asimov, both collections of short stories and novels. ... Robopsychology is the fictional study of the personalities of intelligent machines. ... The fictional corporation US Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc. ... The 21st century is the present century of the Anno Domini (common) era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is in need of attention. ... I, Robot is a collection of nine science fiction short stories by Isaac Asimov, first published by Gnome Press in 1950. ... The Complete Robot is a collection of science fiction short stories by Isaac Asimov written between 1940 and 1976, which were previously collected in books I, Robot, The Rest of the Robots, and other anthologies. ...

Typically, Asimov portrays Dr. Calvin as a highly driven woman, focused on her work and divorced from normal emotions, almost more "robotic" than his mechanical characters. She likes robots considerably better than human beings; in "Evidence", when asked "Are robots so different from men?", she replies, "Worlds different. Robots are essentially decent." Asimov's own stories leave her misanthropy largely unexplained, but Harlan Ellison's screenplay adaptation of I, Robot investigates its origins, in the end concluding that her attitudes are rather well-founded. One of the continuing themes in Asimov's work is the essential irony that, although the Three Laws of Robotics make robots value human beings over themselves, Susan Calvin's estimation of robotic decency may not be entirely wrong. Evidence (1946) is science-fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. ... Misanthropy is a hatred or distrust of the human race, or a disposition to dislike and mistrust other people. ... Harlan Jay Ellison (born May 27, 1934) is a prolific American writer of short stories, novellas, essays, and criticism. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...

She was played by Wendy Gifford and Beatrix Lehmann in "Liar!" and "The Prophet", two episodes of British television series Out of the Unknown based on Asimov's short stories, and by Margaret Robertson in the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of "Satisfaction Guaranteed". Bridget Moynahan played Susan Calvin in the movie adaptation of I, Robot (not based on the aforementioned script by Harlan Ellison). Beatrix Lehmann (born 1 July 1903-died 31 July 1979) is a British actress. ... Liar! (1941) is science-fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. ... Reason (1942) is science-fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. ... BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... Satisfaction Guaranteed is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, originally published in Amazing Stories, April 1951, and included in the collection The Rest of the Robots. ... Kathryn Bridget Moynahan (born September 21, 1970 in Binghamton, New York) is an American model and actress of Irish descent, best known for her roles in films such as Coyote Ugly, I, Robot, and Lord of War. ... I, Robot is a science fiction film released on July 16, 2004, loosely based on Isaac Asimovs Robot Series. ...

Arthur C. Clarke also mentions Susan Calvin, in his novel 3001: The Final Odyssey. She appears alongside Ada Lovelace and Grace Hopper as a female "role-model" in "the battle of wits between man and machine" (Chapter 36: Chamber of Horrors). 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. Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (born December 16, 1917) is a British science-fiction author and inventor, most famous for his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, and for collaborating with director Stanley Kubrick on the film of the same name. ... 3001: The Final Odyssey (1997) is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke, fourth and final book in the Space Odyssey series. ... Ada Lovelace Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (December 10, 1815 – November 27, 1852), born Augusta Ada Byron, is mainly known for having written a description of Charles Babbages early mechanical general-purpose computer, the analytical engine. ... Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist and United States Navy officer. ...

It was not until a mention of her in The Robots of Dawn, Asimov's third Elijah Baley Robot novel, that the events of her era (the 21st Century) were concretely tied into those of Baley's era, at least two-and-a-half millennia further into the future, and thus into the greater Foundation universe as a whole. The Robots of Dawn is a whodunit science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov, first published in 1983. ... Elijah Baley is a fictional character in Isaac Asimovs Robot series. ... The 21st century is the present century of the Anno Domini (common) era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... Hari Seldons holographic image, pictured on a paperback edition of Foundation, appears at various times in the First Foundations history, to guide it through the social and economic crises that befall it. ...

List of Stories Featuring Susan Calvin:

• "Catch that Rabbit"
• "Escape!"
• "Evidence"
• "The Evitable Conflict"
• "Feminine Intuition"
• "Galley Slave"
• "Lenny"
• "Liar!"
• "Little Lost Robot"
• "Risk"
• "Robbie"
• "Robot Dreams"
• "Satisfaction Guaranteed"

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In I, Robot

In the film I, Robot, Calvin is played by Bridget Moynahan and serves as an operative who "makes the robots seem more human" and is completly dependent on the Three Laws of Robotics. She initially does not believe in Del Spooner's assertion that robots can be bad, despite running into the Law-less NS-5 "Sonny". She eventually finds out both that Sonny actually did kill Dr.Alfred Lanning and that Spooner's entire left arm is mechanical. I, Robot is a science fiction film filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, but produced in the United States released on July 16, 2004, attributed to Isaac Asimovs Robot Series, especially a short-story collection of the same name. ... Kathryn Bridget Moynahan (born September 21, 1970 in Binghamton, New York) is an American model and actress of Irish descent, best known for her roles in films such as Coyote Ugly, I, Robot, and Lord of War. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... I, Robot is a science fiction film filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, but produced in the United States released on July 16, 2004, attributed to Isaac Asimovs Robot Series, especially a short-story collection of the same name. ... Dr. Alfred Lanning is a fictional character from the books and movie of I, Robot. ...