2001 Author A. C. Clarke (1917-2008)

Started by kmichaelm, 03/19/2008 02:57PM

Posted 03/19/2008 02:57PM Opening Post

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A message from A. C. Clarke on his 90th birthday (Dec. 2007) at:

http://scienceblogs.com/thescian/2008/03/arthur_c_clarke.php

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qLdeEjdbWE

Official A. C. Clarke web site:

http://www.arthurcclarke.net/

Wikipedia entry for him at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke

NY Times article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/books/19clarke.html?bl&ex=1206072000&en=42616000ef89c523&ei=5087%0A

(OR http://tinyurl.com/2wdt8r )

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Posted 03/19/2008 04:07PM #1

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Great stuff!
Thanks for the links Michael!

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Posted 03/20/2008 01:02PM | Edited 03/20/2008 01:04PM #2

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The smartest man on the planet. Too bad he will miss the confirmation of extra terrestrial civilizations. I recall he made the remark that the most likely first contact would occur soon after a planet-bound civilization goes into space, and therefore would be noticed by his neighbors. Then he said he believed we would not have long to wait.

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"--Granted, that's a worse case scenario. The destruction might in fact be ... limited to our own galaxy."

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