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Steven T. Cupps
University Wire
03-21-2008
(Harvard Crimson) (UWIRE) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Last Wednesday, Arthur C. Clarke, the renowned science fiction writer, died at his home in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Clarke, who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1998, is often placed in the pantheon of great science fiction Writers along with the likes of Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, H. G. Wells, Jules Verne, and Ray Bradbury. The honor is justly deserved. During his 90-year life, Clarke wrote nearly 100 novels dealing with that strange, fantastic stuff called science.

I mention this because it's nearly impossible to talk about the 21st century without considering the monumental influence of science ...

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