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6 There are still primitive peoples to whom a hundred miles is an inconceivably great distance — yet there are also men who think nothing of travelling ten thousand miles in a few days . As speeds of transport have increased , so our ...
6 There are still primitive peoples to whom a hundred miles is an inconceivably great distance — yet there are also men who think nothing of travelling ten thousand miles in a few days . As speeds of transport have increased , so our ...
Pagina 10
a miles away contemplating the gulf between Earth and Moon is thus in much the same position as an intelligent ant trying to picture the ... the Earth is now 40 feet in diameter , the Moon 10 feet across and a quarter of a mile away .
a miles away contemplating the gulf between Earth and Moon is thus in much the same position as an intelligent ant trying to picture the ... the Earth is now 40 feet in diameter , the Moon 10 feet across and a quarter of a mile away .
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Returning to our analogy on page 31 , it is as though some distance away from the 4,000miles - deep pit at the bottom of which we live there was another pit , this time only 170 miles deep . Dropping into this pit as it approached the ...
Returning to our analogy on page 31 , it is as though some distance away from the 4,000miles - deep pit at the bottom of which we live there was another pit , this time only 170 miles deep . Dropping into this pit as it approached the ...
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| Titlu | The Exploration of Space |
| Autor | Arthur Charles Clarke |
| Editor | Temple Press, 1951 |
| Exemplar original de la | Universitatea din Michigan |
| Scanată la | 14 Dec 2007 |
| Lungime | 198 pagini |
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