Arthur C. Clarke's mysterious worldClarke investigates the mysterious, suprascientific world through eyewitness accounts of strange, unexplained events and phenomena in the hopes that understanding their causes may help prevent future catastrophes |
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User Review - quietguy - LibraryThingThis was a book I read in my youth. I was a fan of Arthur Clarke by any means, and I found the discussions very insteresting, although with a tendency to turn things into fiction, although it's ... Read full review
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Contents
Foreword | 7 |
Introduction by Arthur C Clarke | 8 |
The Missing Ape Man | 18 |
Copyright | |
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Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World Simon Welfare,John Fairley,Arthur Charles Clarke No preview available - 1980 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Arthur C. Clarke's mysterious world |
| Authors | Simon Welfare, John Fairley |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | A & W Publishers, 1980 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jul 23, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0894790757, 9780894790751 |
| Length | 216 pages |
| Subjects | › Body, Mind & Spirit / General Curiosities and wonders Reference / Curiosities & Wonders |
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