Arthur C Clarke, notable visionary, futurist, and author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, among many other classics, has passed away at the age of 90. BBC | Wikipedia Bio Sir Arthur C Clarke and Stanley Kubrick during the filming of 2001
i didn't know that about the radar. but doesn't surprise me.
i liked that series as well. him and asimov had a nice terse style of writing that i enjoy. bradbury too, come to think of it...something about that generation of writers...
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
“When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.”
“The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.”
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pity. the guy seemed very near immortal.
amazing mind. funny he is remembered for 2001/odyssey than for conceiving geostationary communication satellites.
Jump, and he helped to develop radar during WW II.
Personally, i always liked the Rama series more than 2001..
i didn't know that about the radar. but doesn't surprise me.
i liked that series as well. him and asimov had a nice terse style of writing that i enjoy. bradbury too, come to think of it...something about that generation of writers...
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
“When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.”
“The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.”
I like that second quote.
The first one is nice too.
The third one is rather weak.
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