Greetings, Carbon-based Bipeds!: Collected Essays, 1934-1998

Copertina anteriore
St. Martin's Press, 31 dic 1998 - 558 pagine
0 Recensioni
Google non verifica le recensioni, ma controlla e rimuove i contenuti falsi quando vengono identificati
In the definitive work of his brilliant career, Arthur C. Clarke has collected his most prophetic nonfiction essays, lucidly demonstrating that he not only anticipated many of the 20th century's greatest scientific innovations, but he in fact helped to shape the path to come.

From predicting the future role of geosynchronous satellites in his early pieces in the 1940s, to his groundbreaking reporting from The Kennedy Space Center in the 1960s, to anticipating the Internet literally decades before it happened, Clarke has acted as both technological prophet and cultural conscience.

Arranged chronologically by decade, Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! is inarguably the crowning achievement of an unrivalled personal odyssey.

Cosa dicono le persone - Scrivi una recensione

Google non verifica le recensioni, ma controlla e rimuove i contenuti falsi quando vengono identificati

Greetings, carbon-based bipeds!: collected essays, 1934-1998

Recensione dell'utente  - Not Available - Book Verdict

Written over seven decades, these essays by Clarke, most famous for his sf novels (e.g., 2001: A Space Odyssey), cover a range of science topics--especially space exploration. Arranged chronologically ... Leggi recensione completa

Altre edizioni - Visualizza tutto

Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!: Collected Essays, 1934-1998
Arthur C. Clarke
Anteprima limitata - 2001

Informazioni sull'autore (1998)

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 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.

Informazioni bibliografiche

QR code for Greetings, Carbon-based Bipeds!
TitoloGreetings, Carbon-based Bipeds!: Collected Essays, 1934-1998
Greetings, Carbon-based Bipeds!: Collected Essays, 1934-1998, Arthur Charles Clarke
AutoreArthur Charles Clarke
CuratoreIan T. Macauley
Edizioneillustrata
EditoreSt. Martin's Press, 1998
ISBN0312198930, 9780312198930
Lunghezza558 pagine
  
Esporta citazioneBiBTeX EndNote RefMan