Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!: Collected Essays, 1934-1998Arthur C. Clarke is one of this century's most visionary and versatile thinkers. In the crowning achievement of his extraordinary career, Clarke has collected his ground-breaking non-fiction pieces into one volume. Charting an exceptional career of over six decades, the essays in Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! reveal Clarke's piercing mind and lively wit as well as the march of science through our modern age. |
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Greetings, carbon-based bipeds!: collected essays, 1934-1998
User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictWritten 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 ... Read full review
Contents
IV | 7 |
V | 13 |
VI | 17 |
VII | 19 |
VIII | 26 |
IX | 30 |
X | 44 |
XI | 48 |
LXIV | 329 |
LXV | 333 |
LXVI | 337 |
LXVII | 339 |
LXVIII | 342 |
LXIX | 348 |
LXX | 353 |
LXXI | 355 |
XII | 54 |
XIII | 58 |
XIV | 63 |
XV | 72 |
XVI | 75 |
XVII | 81 |
XVIII | 82 |
XIX | 84 |
XX | 99 |
XXI | 102 |
XXII | 105 |
XXIII | 108 |
XXIV | 111 |
XXV | 114 |
XXVI | 119 |
XXVII | 123 |
XXVIII | 132 |
XXIX | 136 |
XXX | 139 |
XXXI | 145 |
XXXII | 153 |
XXXIII | 157 |
XXXIV | 161 |
XXXV | 165 |
XXXVI | 168 |
XXXVII | 173 |
XXXVIII | 180 |
XXXIX | 183 |
XL | 189 |
XLI | 195 |
XLII | 196 |
XLIII | 204 |
XLIV | 210 |
XLV | 217 |
XLVI | 226 |
XLVII | 231 |
XLVIII | 240 |
XLIX | 246 |
L | 251 |
LI | 259 |
LII | 264 |
LIII | 268 |
LIV | 277 |
LV | 281 |
LVI | 283 |
LVII | 291 |
LVIII | 296 |
LIX | 305 |
LX | 310 |
LXI | 313 |
LXII | 321 |
LXIII | 323 |
LXXII | 358 |
LXXIII | 364 |
LXXIV | 368 |
LXXV | 371 |
LXXVI | 374 |
LXXVII | 380 |
LXXVIII | 385 |
LXXIX | 387 |
LXXX | 389 |
LXXXI | 392 |
LXXXII | 396 |
LXXXIII | 398 |
LXXXIV | 406 |
LXXXV | 410 |
LXXXVI | 416 |
LXXXVII | 418 |
LXXXVIII | 421 |
LXXXIX | 428 |
XC | 434 |
XCI | 436 |
XCII | 438 |
XCIII | 440 |
XCIV | 448 |
XCV | 450 |
XCVI | 456 |
XCVII | 460 |
XCVIII | 465 |
XCIX | 468 |
C | 472 |
CI | 475 |
CII | 477 |
CIII | 479 |
CIV | 482 |
CV | 485 |
CVI | 488 |
CVII | 490 |
CVIII | 492 |
CIX | 496 |
CXI | 501 |
CXII | 504 |
CXIII | 509 |
CXIV | 512 |
CXV | 515 |
CXVI | 519 |
CXVII | 525 |
CXVIII | 529 |
CXIX | 534 |
541 | |
547 | |
CXXII | 557 |
CXXIII | 558 |
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