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Article: Arthur C. Clarke: an inventor of the world as we know it today.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)(Bibliography)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
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- March 25, 2008
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Byline: Gavin J. Grant
Sir Arthur C. Clarke, who died on March 19, was a rationalist who combined a soaring imagination with a background in the matter-of-fact physical sciences. Despite his down-to-earth beliefs, Sir Arthur was fascinated with both the irrational and religious beliefs - even as he affirmed time and time again that he had no such beliefs.
While Isaac Asimov imagined how humanity might relate to his subservient robots, Sir Arthur created aliens so different from humans that communication was impossible. While Robert Heinlein wondered whether democracy and the nuclear family would survive, Sir Arthur moved from his native England to Sri ...