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* {{Foil}}: This story contrasts scientists and technicians. Prosser, a scientist, pays attention to current theory. He remarks several times that scientists are careful and follow/test theories before trying to put them into action, while technicians try to do things without understanding them. A technician trying to create [[DeflectorShields force fields]] would blow themselves up due to being less careful and never realize that it was "impossible". Hal Tuttle, designer of the ''Translucent'', is exactly the sort of technician that Prosser despises. After losing an arm and an eye when space buckled under the pressure, he kept trying to make [[DeflectorShields force fields]] work, finally succeeding.
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* {{Foil}}: This story contrasts scientists and technicians. Prosser, a scientist, pays attention to current theory. He remarks several times that scientists are careful and follow/test theories before trying to put them into action, while technicians try to do things without understanding them. A technician trying to create [[DeflectorShields force fields]] would blow themselves himself up due to being less careful and never realize that it was "impossible". Hal Tuttle, designer of the ''Translucent'', is exactly the sort of technician that Prosser despises. After losing an arm and an eye when space buckled under the pressure, he kept trying to make [[DeflectorShields force fields]] work, finally succeeding.
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* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: According to this story, {{UsefulNotes/Jupiter}} has a surface. While that [[ScienceMarchesOn may have been a plausible theory in the 1940s]], most scientists knew that such a surface couldn't be solid. At best there would be layers of gas compressed to liquid form.
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* StrollingOnJupiter: Jupiter has a surface with potentially fifty times the resources of Earth, leading Earthmen to believe they wouldn't stand a chance in a war with the Jovians.
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First published in ''Magazine/AstoundingScienceFiction'' (October 1941 issue), by Creator/IsaacAsimov, this ScienceFiction ShortStory is about Earth versus Jupiter, and the scientific race to build the best weapons.
Leo Birnam, the secretary of scientific affairs [sic], spends most of the story convincing Colonial Commissioner Nicholas Orloff of how serious the Jovian threat is to humanity. The square footage of {{UsefulNotes/Jupiter}}'s surface means that the Jovians have fifty times the resources as Earth's empire.
Once Orloff is convinced of the danger, head scientist Prosser describes the difficulty in getting [[DeflectorShields force fields]] strong enough to hold an atmosphere against the vacuum of space. This is the one bit of technology that they ''know'' will be possessed by the Jovians when they launch their war of extermination.
"Not Final!" has been reprinted several times; ''Literature/PossibleWorldsOfScienceFiction'' (1951), ''Literature/AsleepInArmageddon'' (1962), ''Literature/TimeProbeTheSciencesInScienceFiction'' (1966), ''Literature/TowardInfinityNineScienceFictionTales'' (1968), ''[[Literature/FirstContact1971 First Contact (1971)]]'', ''Literature/TheEarlyAsimov'' (1972), ''{{Literature/Encounters}}'' (1988), and ''Literature/TheCompleteStories, Volume 2'' (1992).
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!!"Not Final!" provides examples of:
* ArtificialGravity: Ganymede has underground bases with fields of artificial gravity to keep the inhabited areas at Earth-normal. Orloff and Birnam have to cross two miles of Ganymede-normal to reach Ether Station.
* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: According to this story, {{UsefulNotes/Jupiter}} has a surface. While that [[ScienceMarchesOn may have been a plausible theory in the 1940s]], most scientists knew that such a surface couldn't be solid. At best there would be layers of gas compressed to liquid form.
* DeflectorShields: These force fields are created by "interatomic bonds" (also known as the Strong Nuclear Force). Prosser, the scientist in charge of Ether Station, is proudly proclaiming that a force field capable of holding a Jovian atmosphere against the vacuum of space is impossible. Meanwhile, Hal Tuttle, an engineer, is on his way to Ganymede in a spaceship he designed with a force field for a hull. He estimates that these fields are capable of containing much more pressure than just Jovian atmosphere.
* DramaticIrony: After Prosser has reassured Nicholas Orloff that the Jovians cannot escape Jupiter because making [[DeflectorShields force fields]] strong enough to hold an atmosphere against the vacuum of space is impossible, two other characters are talking about how happy Orloff will be to be the first passenger in a spaceship with a force field instead of a steel hull.
* EverybodySmokes: Because this was published in 1941, two of the main characters begin smoking in an artificial environment, in the private office of a third character that they're waiting for. The ubiquitous expectation of smoking means the problems of eliminating second-hand smoke residue on Ganymede isn't addressed.
* FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence: The [[{{UsefulNotes/Jupiter}} Jovians]] believe that they are the only intelligent form of life. Once they realize that they have been communicating with non-Jovian life (that is, humans), they are offended and announce that they are the natural masters of the universe and [[FinalSolution the vermin will be eliminated]].
* FinaleTitleDrop: This story is about Prosser, a scientist working on creating [[DeflectorShields force fields]] capable of holding an atmosphere against the vacuum of space. He declares that it is scientifically impossible, and repeats "That's final!" several times. This story [[SubvertedTrope subverts]] the trope by having an epilogue where another character has managed to do exactly that, showing [[DramaticIrony how wrong Prosser is]], and making the title a response to Prosser's claim.
* FinalSolution: The [[{{UsefulNotes/Jupiter}} Jovians]] believe that they are the only intelligent form of life. Once they realize that they have been [[FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence communicating with non-Jovian life]] (that is, humans), they are offended and announce that they are the natural masters of the universe and the vermin will be eliminated.
* FirstContactMath: Birnam describes how first contact with Jovians involved a lot of back-and-forth on math, such as adding, square roots, and factorials. This went on for over five years, as human scientists on Ganymede communicated by radio clicks to the surface of {{UsefulNotes/Jupiter}}.
* {{Foil}}: This story contrasts scientists and technicians. Prosser, a scientist, pays attention to current theory. He remarks several times that scientists are careful and follow/test theories before trying to put them into action, while technicians try to do things without understanding them. A technician trying to create [[DeflectorShields force fields]] would blow themselves up due to being less careful and never realize that it was "impossible". Hal Tuttle, designer of the ''Translucent'', is exactly the sort of technician that Prosser despises. After losing an arm and an eye when space buckled under the pressure, he kept trying to make [[DeflectorShields force fields]] work, finally succeeding.
* HighClassGlass: Nicholas Orloff went to Oxford University and maintains upper-class attitudes, such as a monocle affectation, to show off how much more highly educated he is compared to the average person.
* OneWorldOrder: Earthmen have united under a single government, one that has begun colonizing additional parts of the Solar System, including {{UsefulNotes/Ganymede}}.
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First published in ''Magazine/AstoundingScienceFiction'' (October 1941 issue), by Creator/IsaacAsimov, this ScienceFiction ShortStory is about Earth versus Jupiter, and the scientific race to build the best weapons.
Leo Birnam, the secretary of scientific affairs [sic], spends most of the story convincing Colonial Commissioner Nicholas Orloff of how serious the Jovian threat is to humanity. The square footage of {{UsefulNotes/Jupiter}}'s surface means that the Jovians have fifty times the resources as Earth's empire.
Once Orloff is convinced of the danger, head scientist Prosser describes the difficulty in getting [[DeflectorShields force fields]] strong enough to hold an atmosphere against the vacuum of space. This is the one bit of technology that they ''know'' will be possessed by the Jovians when they launch their war of extermination.
"Not Final!" has been reprinted several times; ''Literature/PossibleWorldsOfScienceFiction'' (1951), ''Literature/AsleepInArmageddon'' (1962), ''Literature/TimeProbeTheSciencesInScienceFiction'' (1966), ''Literature/TowardInfinityNineScienceFictionTales'' (1968), ''[[Literature/FirstContact1971 First Contact (1971)]]'', ''Literature/TheEarlyAsimov'' (1972), ''{{Literature/Encounters}}'' (1988), and ''Literature/TheCompleteStories, Volume 2'' (1992).
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!!"Not Final!" provides examples of:
* ArtificialGravity: Ganymede has underground bases with fields of artificial gravity to keep the inhabited areas at Earth-normal. Orloff and Birnam have to cross two miles of Ganymede-normal to reach Ether Station.
* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: According to this story, {{UsefulNotes/Jupiter}} has a surface. While that [[ScienceMarchesOn may have been a plausible theory in the 1940s]], most scientists knew that such a surface couldn't be solid. At best there would be layers of gas compressed to liquid form.
* DeflectorShields: These force fields are created by "interatomic bonds" (also known as the Strong Nuclear Force). Prosser, the scientist in charge of Ether Station, is proudly proclaiming that a force field capable of holding a Jovian atmosphere against the vacuum of space is impossible. Meanwhile, Hal Tuttle, an engineer, is on his way to Ganymede in a spaceship he designed with a force field for a hull. He estimates that these fields are capable of containing much more pressure than just Jovian atmosphere.
* DramaticIrony: After Prosser has reassured Nicholas Orloff that the Jovians cannot escape Jupiter because making [[DeflectorShields force fields]] strong enough to hold an atmosphere against the vacuum of space is impossible, two other characters are talking about how happy Orloff will be to be the first passenger in a spaceship with a force field instead of a steel hull.
* EverybodySmokes: Because this was published in 1941, two of the main characters begin smoking in an artificial environment, in the private office of a third character that they're waiting for. The ubiquitous expectation of smoking means the problems of eliminating second-hand smoke residue on Ganymede isn't addressed.
* FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence: The [[{{UsefulNotes/Jupiter}} Jovians]] believe that they are the only intelligent form of life. Once they realize that they have been communicating with non-Jovian life (that is, humans), they are offended and announce that they are the natural masters of the universe and [[FinalSolution the vermin will be eliminated]].
* FinaleTitleDrop: This story is about Prosser, a scientist working on creating [[DeflectorShields force fields]] capable of holding an atmosphere against the vacuum of space. He declares that it is scientifically impossible, and repeats "That's final!" several times. This story [[SubvertedTrope subverts]] the trope by having an epilogue where another character has managed to do exactly that, showing [[DramaticIrony how wrong Prosser is]], and making the title a response to Prosser's claim.
* FinalSolution: The [[{{UsefulNotes/Jupiter}} Jovians]] believe that they are the only intelligent form of life. Once they realize that they have been [[FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence communicating with non-Jovian life]] (that is, humans), they are offended and announce that they are the natural masters of the universe and the vermin will be eliminated.
* FirstContactMath: Birnam describes how first contact with Jovians involved a lot of back-and-forth on math, such as adding, square roots, and factorials. This went on for over five years, as human scientists on Ganymede communicated by radio clicks to the surface of {{UsefulNotes/Jupiter}}.
* {{Foil}}: This story contrasts scientists and technicians. Prosser, a scientist, pays attention to current theory. He remarks several times that scientists are careful and follow/test theories before trying to put them into action, while technicians try to do things without understanding them. A technician trying to create [[DeflectorShields force fields]] would blow themselves up due to being less careful and never realize that it was "impossible". Hal Tuttle, designer of the ''Translucent'', is exactly the sort of technician that Prosser despises. After losing an arm and an eye when space buckled under the pressure, he kept trying to make [[DeflectorShields force fields]] work, finally succeeding.
* HighClassGlass: Nicholas Orloff went to Oxford University and maintains upper-class attitudes, such as a monocle affectation, to show off how much more highly educated he is compared to the average person.
* OneWorldOrder: Earthmen have united under a single government, one that has begun colonizing additional parts of the Solar System, including {{UsefulNotes/Ganymede}}.
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