 | Mike Hanley, Adrian Monck - House & Home - 2004 - 260 pages
...Clark, one of the greatest science fiction writers ever, laid out his three laws of technology: • When a distinguished but elderly scientist states...something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. • The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into... | |
 | Stephen G. Post, Robert H. Binstock - Medical - 2004 - 490 pages
...Law, an aphorism he derived from his historical study of past predictions: "When a distinguished . . . scientist states that something is possible, he is...something is impossible, he is very probably wrong" (p. 14) . The Quest for Immortality 67 Final Thoughts Here we have merely begun to sample the rich... | |
 | Eric D. Schneider, Dorion Sagan - Science - 2005 - 382 pages
...first, to envisage communication satellites — put it in what is sometimes called Clarke's first law: "When a distinguished but elderly scientist states...something is impossible, he is very probably wrong."* A far more direct and general rebuttal of this would-be thermodynamic argument for the impossibility... | |
 | Maurice Margenstern - Computers - 2005 - 336 pages
...Minimal Automaton of the Shuffle of Words and Araucarias 316 R. Schott, J.-C. Spehner Author Index 329 When a distinguished but elderly scientist states...When he states that something is impossible, he is almost certainly wrong. Arthur C. Clarke Algorithmic Randomness, Quantum Physics, and Incompleteness... | |
 | Rob Brezsny - Blessing and cursing - 2005 - 310 pages
...everything in it is impregnated with the possibility of smaller but equally marvelous miracles. 0 "When a scientist states that something is possible, he is...something is impossible, he is very probably wrong," said Arthur C. Clarke, who, due to his contributions to science, has had an asteroid and dinosaur species... | |
 | Michael Shermer - Religion - 2006 - 224 pages
...are available online at http://www.lsi.usp.br/~rbianchi/ clarke/ACC. Laws. html. Clarke's First Law: "When a distinguished but elderly scientist states...something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. Clarkes Second Law: "The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little... | |
 | Brian M. Stableford - Fiction - 2006 - 758 pages
...generate a series of oftquoted "laws". The first one states that "When a distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly...something is impossible, he is very probably wrong". Although intended as a comment on the pontificatory proclivities of eminent scientists, a corollary... | |
 | Ben Bova - Fiction - 2006 - 478 pages
...some way to capture a sampling of the ring creatures. Otherwise nobody who matters will believe me. he is almost certainly right. When he states that...something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. By elderly Clarke meant over thirty, for a physicist. That means I'll be elderly in another year, Wunderly... | |
 | Dr.N.Sreedharan - 100 pages
...in maximizing pleasure and minimizing pain, and that's all we asked of it. -Unknowm 219. Scientist When a distinguished but elderly scientist states...something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. Scientists of over fifty are good for nothing but board meetings, and should at all costs be kept out... | |
 | Chris C. Mooney - Nature - 2007 - 405 pages
...notwithstanding, his anti-global warming arguments call to mind that "First Law" of Arthur C. Clarke's: "When a distinguished but elderly scientist states...something is impossible, he is very probably wrong." With his late-life climate "skeptic" crusade, Gray has waded into massive controversy with little support.... | |
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When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. 
