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Arthur C. Clarke Is Dead At 90

Posted by kdawson on from the pod-bay-doors-are-open dept.

Many readers are sending in word that Arthur C. Clarke has died in Sri Lanka. He wrote over 100 books including 2001: A Space Odyssey and Rendezvous With Rama, and popularized the ideas of geosynchronous communications satellites and space elevators.

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  1. Coverage from several news sources by Doofus · · Score: 5, Informative
    Coverage from several sources

    AP/Washington Post

    BBC

    LA Times

    Bloomberg

    National Post

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  2. 90th Birthday Reflections by _bug_ · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here is a video from ACC made in December 2007 in which he reflects upon his life and how he will be remembered.

    His Kipling quote at the end should help bring closure to all his fans.

  3. Re:Mortality by compro01 · · Score: 5, Informative

    no. Clarke's three laws.

    1. 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.
    2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
    3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

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