Title: Proof

Title: Proof Title Record # 46572
Author: Hal Clement
Date: 1942-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

Synopsis: Aliens live on the Sun, their physiology and science based on nuclear interactions and plasmas. A visiting scientist is testing a radical hypothesis that atoms might be able to combine into exotic solids at very low temperatures.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1972^ⓘTranslated by Beata Della Frattina	Italian	Il Sole è abitato
1977^ⓘTranslated by Roderick van Rhyn	Dutch	Bewijs
1979	Portuguese	Prova
1981^ⓘTranslated by Eva Malsch	German	Der Beweis

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
2	2018 Retro Hugo	Best Short Story

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Astounding Science-Fiction, June 1942	1942-06-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Street & Smith Publications, Inc.		$0.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	132	bedsheet^?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.	mag	Rogers
Possible Worlds of Science Fiction	1951-04-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Vanguard Press		$2.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xi+ 372	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
SF: Authors' Choice 2	1970-05-00	ed. Harry Harrison	Berkley Medallion	0-425-01837-7 / S1837	$0.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	286	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Where Do We Go from Here?	1971-04-16	ed. Isaac Asimov	Doubleday	0-385-02935-7	$6.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xii+ 441	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Peter Rauch
Where Do We Go from Here?	1971-08-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Doubleday / SFBC	3410	$2.49^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 441	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Peter Rauch
Urania #591	1972-04-30	ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini	Mondadori	591	Lit 300^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	144	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Karel Thole
Where Do We Go from Here?	1972-10-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	P1749	$1.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	384	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Where Do We Go from Here?	1972-10-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	P1749	C$1.25^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	384	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Where Do We Go from Here?	1973-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Michael Joseph	0-7181-1134-6	£3.75^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	415	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Where Do We Go from Here? Book 1	1974-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Sphere	0-7221-1251-3	£0.40^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	192	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Where Do We Go from Here?	1976-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	449-02849	$1.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	384	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Sterren stralen overal	1977-00-00	ed. Warner Flamen	Meulenhoff (M=SF #122)	90-290-0975-6		281	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Paul Lehr
Unearth, Spring 1977	1977-04-00	ed. John M. Landsberg, Jonathan Ostrowsky-Lantz	Unearth Publications		$1.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	96	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Steven Gildea
Para Onde Vamos?	1979-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Hemus			375	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Jack Faragasso
Where Do We Go from Here?	1980-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	0-449-22849-5	$1.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	384	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Antologia scolastica	1980-07-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Mondadori (Biblioteca di Urania #6)		Lit 4,000^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	368	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Karel Thole
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 4, 1942	1980-10-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #405)	0-87997-570-9 / UE1570	$2.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	448	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Antonio Bernal
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 4, 1942	1980-10-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books / New American Library of Canada	0-87997-570-9	C$2.75^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	448	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Antonio Bernal
First Voyages	1981-05-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Damon Knight, Joseph D. Olander	Avon	0-380-77586-7	$2.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 373	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Die besten Stories von 1942	1981-06-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction #6717)	3-8118-6717-2	DM 7.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	335	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction: 2nd Series	1983-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers	0-517-41367-1		723	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Encounters	1988-02-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Headline	0-7472-3091-9	£3.50^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xii+ 399	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF	1994-07-00	ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell	Tor	0-312-85062-X	$35.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	990+ [2]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	John Berkey
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF	1994-10-00	ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell	Orbit	1-85723-271-2	£25.00^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	990	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	John Berkey
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF	1994-10-00	ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell	Tor / SFBC	05435	$17.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	990	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	John Berkey
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF	1997-09-00	ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell	Orb	0-312-85509-5	$27.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	990	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
Music of Many Spheres	2000-02-00	Hal Clement	NESFA Press	1-886778-07-8	$25.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	506	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	George Richard
Wondrous Beginnings	2003-01-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Steven H Silver	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #1245)	0-7564-0098-8	$6.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	316	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Music of Many Spheres	2003-04-00	Hal Clement	NESFA Press	1-886778-07-8	$25.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	506	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	George Richard
Classic Science Fiction, Volume 2	2009-12-02	ed. uncredited	CoolBeat Audiobook Publishing		$12.18^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	anth

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