Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible

Arthur C. Clarke

ISBN 10: 0330280686 / ISBN 13: 9780330280686

Published by Pan Books, London, 1982

About this Item

Tenth edition. Worn at edges; crease to spine.

Seller Inventory # 004918AD

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible
• Publisher: Pan Books, London
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0330280686
• ISBN 13: 9780330280686
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

Examines the potential future directions of technological development and assesses the advantages and disadvantages of progress

About the Author

Arthur C. Clarke was born in Minehead in 1917. During the Second World War he served as a radar instructor for the RAF, rising to the rank of flight-lieutenant. After the war, he entered King's college, London taking, in 1948, his Bsc in physics and mathematics with first class honours.One of the most respected of all science-fiction writers, he has won Kalinga Prize, the Aviation Space-Writers' Prize and the Westinghouse Science Writing Prize. He also shared an Oscar nomination with Stanley Kubrick for the screenplay of 2001: A Space Odyssey, which was based on his story, 'The Sentinel'. He has lived in Sri Lanka since 1956.