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Ascent to Orbit: A Scientific Autobiography: The Technical Writings of Arthur C. Clarke
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226 pages
Published
December 31st 1984
by John Wiley & Sons
(first published 1984)
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Many know Arthur C.Clarke as a very successful science fiction writer but many don't know that this man
is also a very distinguished scientist.
Very Interesting career as outlined in his Scientific writings and autobiography.
Library book sale find.
is also a very distinguished scientist.
Very Interesting career as outlined in his Scientific writings and autobiography.
Library book sale find.
From a great and historic age, this book contains works from the pre-space flight era. Beginning with critique of early speculation, the book documents the musings and formulae behind Clarke's developments in space flight, including Geostationary satellites. A practical demonstration of this science fiction writers remarkable Vision .
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Arthur C. Clarke was one of the most important and influential figures in 20th century science fiction. He spent the first half of his life in England, where he served in World War Two as a radar operator, before emigrating to Ceylon in 1956. He is best known for the novel and movie
2001: A Space Odyssey
, which he co-created with the assistance of Stanley Kubrick.
Clarke was a graduate of King's Co ...more
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