Renowned British writer and inventor‚ Arthur C. Clarke is most known for his thrilling stories that bring into play several of the scientific and technological advances of his day and those to come. Many of his stories would have the underlying theme of technology and its relationship with another factor. The Nine Billion Names of God published in 1953 demonstrates just this‚ in which the story’s main characters are caught between their logic and that of another group. Clarke’s short story addresses
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unconscious‚ to investigate the subsoil of the mind” (Henri Bergson). During the twentieth century‚ the world wars were playing out so one can see why authors at the time would choose to focus on celestial settings instead of their violence-driven home. In Arthur C. Clarke’s‚ space odyssey short story‚ “The Star‚” a Jesuit astrophysicist priest’s faith has been shaken with the discovery of an obliterated race deep in outer space. Likewise‚ in E. M. Forster’s‚ insightful short story‚ “The Celestial Omnibus‚”
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AGRICULTURAL DRONES; EXERTION OF DRONES IN AGRONOMY Arthur C. Clarke elucidates the amelioration in technology proclaimed that; any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. It will not be counterfactual if I say that this statement of Clarke construes the prevailing panorama of progressive accession in technology. The word drone generally delineates grim reaper in the minds of Pakistani denizens by up surging the innervations of quietus‚ consternation and trepidation. Monotonous
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Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is considered one of the most impressive science fiction films in the modern era and is a critically acclaimed masterpiece. To begin this analysis I will first give a synopsis of the films plot and key points to help lay a foundation for the film. The movie is broken into 4 acts‚ each focusing on a different event and time in the story. We first start with “The Dawn of Man”; we are greeted by what appears to be a tribe of early hominids foraging for food in
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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic‚" Arthur Clarke once exclaimed. Truly‚ these are the thoughts of many in today’s society. The have adopted the view that technology is the panacea to all of human kind’s problems. While it is true that technology has helped us in a few aspects such as in the medical sector‚ it certainly does not mean that it will do the same in other aspects. Therefore‚ I stand with those who believe that people in today’s society is placing excessive
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A careful analysis reveals what went wrong with FoxMeyer that transformed the pharmaceutical giant into the biggest liquidation case in US Bankruptcy History FoxMeyer sued SAP‚ Andersen and Pinnacle. This is just a knee-jerk reaction of a business entity that had gone down. It wants to take others in its fall. It is easier to pass the blame on to something else because the hardest thing in the world is to call one’s self stupid and claim full responsibility. After all‚ FoxMeyer is an American
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texts that have lasting relevance. Two texts that demonstrate this are Aldous Huxely’s satirical trail-blazer Brave New World‚ and Stanley Kubrick’s screenplay‚ 2001: A Space Odyssey‚ composed simultaneously as the novel of the same title by Arthur C. Clarke. Both texts were influenced by major world events at the time and continue to be of significance today; Huxley by the assembly line production of the Model T Ford and Kubrick by man’s imminent departure to the moon the following year. Both texts
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following a man named Arthur Dent. He is an ordinary man living a normal life. One day a friend of his‚ Ford Prefect‚ tells him the world is going to end. Arthur doesn’t believe him. Later that day the earth is exploded by alien spaceships. Arthur and Ford are the only survivors‚ only because Ford Prefect wasn’t a human after all. He was a galactic traveller/hitchhiker working on a book‚ called “the Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy”‚ and he was able to save himself and Arthur. The rest of the book
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Christina Robinson ENG 101 College Compositions 1 Professor Roberto C. Garcia Is Google Making Us Stupid? Feb. 18‚ 2014 Is Google Making Us Stupid? Nicholas Carr narrated his essay based on a thesis‚ by Stanley Kubrick’s 2001movie: A Space Odyssey. A character named Bowman‚ whom has been sent to a deep-space death by the malfunctioning machine‚ is calmly‚ coldly disconnecting the memory circuits that control its artificial “brain.” The
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Donnie Darko: A Review What comes to mind when you think of a modern adolescent coming of age movie? Is it alienation‚ rebellion‚ probably first love? In Donnie Darko (2001)‚ writer/director Richard Kelly employs all of these familiar themes; then he adds humor‚ witty satire‚ time travel‚ apocalyptic prophecy‚ and a bi-pedal‚ six foot tall nightmare of a rabbit‚ who instructs the young and confused Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal) through haunting visions and an eerie voice that runs through Donnie‘s
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