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Sir Arthur C. Clarke demonstrates that he not only anticipated many of the 20th century's great inventions and scientific innovations, he also inspired thousands of scientists, and in fact has shaped our path into the next millennium.Tags
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A comprehensive anthology of the essays of Arthur C. Clarke, one of my "big three" of the science-fiction pantheon. Clarke, though, is more than just a sci-fi novelist. He began his career as a mathematician, an engineer and science writer, and is also a technological prophet, with great faith in the powers of science and technology to solve man's problems - even the problems they have created. Largely, I share this faith, and welcome Clarke as a voice of reason and intellect in today's wilderness of New Age and Fundamentalist thinking. It was Clarke who first sugested using geostationary satellites for worldwide communication, and he anticipated the Internet decades before its fruition. Among the writings here are tributes to the many show more other giants of the field he has known, his dealings with Stanley Kubrick while collaborating on "2001: A Space Odyssey" and his hopes for man's return to space in the near future. The final chapter is a - sort of - tongue-in-cheek prediction of the coming century, which is worth the price of admission alone. For all our sakes, I hope it comes true. show less
The most visionary and versatile thinker of his age gathers together in a single volume his most significant and prophetic non-fiction writings to present a personal view of the twentienth century. Each essay has a new introduction by Clarke.
Witness the awesome workings of Clarke's intellect as he predicts the role of geosynchronous satellites decades before they existed; anticipates the internet decades before it happened; reports from Kennedy Space Center; scripts the best sf movie ever made; discusses Star Wars, giant squid, and numerous other fascinating topics.
Clarke has been both a technological prophet and a cultural conscience for many decades of his century, celebrating the great scientific powers of man -- and simultaenously show more warning of the perils of a world where power and greed reign unchecked. Clarke can provide a unique coda for the last century of the second millennium. show less
Witness the awesome workings of Clarke's intellect as he predicts the role of geosynchronous satellites decades before they existed; anticipates the internet decades before it happened; reports from Kennedy Space Center; scripts the best sf movie ever made; discusses Star Wars, giant squid, and numerous other fascinating topics.
Clarke has been both a technological prophet and a cultural conscience for many decades of his century, celebrating the great scientific powers of man -- and simultaenously show more warning of the perils of a world where power and greed reign unchecked. Clarke can provide a unique coda for the last century of the second millennium. show less
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Arthur C. Clarke was born in Minehead, Somerset, England, on December 16, 1917. During World War II, he served as a radar specialist in the RAF. His first published piece of fiction was Rescue Party and appeared in Astounding Science, May 1946. He graduated from King's College in London with honors in physics and mathematics, and worked in show more scientific research before turning his attention to writing fiction. His first book, Prelude to Space, was published in 1951. He is best known for his book 2001: A Space Odyssey, which was later turned into a highly successful and controversial film under the direction of Stanley Kubrick. His other works include Childhood's End, Rendezvous with Rama, The Garden of Rama, The Snows of Olympus, 2010: A Space Odyssey II, 2062: Odyssey III, and 3001: The Final Odyssey. During his lifetime, he received at least three Hugo Awards and two Nebula Awards. He died of heart failure on March 19, 2008 at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Isaac Asimov; Willy Ley; Chesley Bonestell; Walter Alvarez; Carl Sagan; Gene Roddenberry (show all 10); Robert Bloch; Frank Paul; David Lasser; Robert Heinlein
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