[Young Werther]

Yes! Multivac was the world girdling computer that pondered over "The Last Question". The question was "Can entropy be reversed."

Multivac ponders this question for Eternity and eventually all the stars have worn out and the Universe is just dregs of expended energy. Multivac had encorporated all of mankind into his higher order self and finally when the answer appeared he said,

"Let there be Light!" I read over 150 of Asimov's Books!

[muir_redwoods]

For a similar but less encouraging story try Fredric Brown’s story “Answer”