Download or read book Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! written by Arthur C. Clarke and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-01-06 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the definitive work of his brilliant career, Clarke has collected his most prophetic nonfiction essays, lucidly demonstrating that he not only anticipated many of the 20th century's greatest scientific innovations, but he in fact helped to shape the path to come. 16-page photo insert.