Hal Clement

Also known as George Richard, Harry C. Stubbs, Harry Stubbs

American author (1922–2003)

Person · Open Library

Born: 30 May 1922
Died: 29 October 2003
Works: 82

Top works

Men against the stars
Hal Clement's Needle
The Golden Years of Science Fiction -- Second Series
One Hundred
Writing science fiction and fantasy

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Hong Kong

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 8
Total plays: 34

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,384x
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,810x
TCS: a computer program to estimate gene genealogies
· 2000 · cited 8,192x
2018 ESC/ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension
· 2018 · cited 8,155x
Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,740x

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Quotes

“It seems that these men are primitive enough to have a marked tendency toward superstition—ascribing things they don’t understand to supernatural intervention.”
“I am resigned to living in a chess-type universe—few and simple rules, but infinite combinations of them. But it would be nice to know an answer sometime.”
“If you want adventure, you made a mistake exploring space. The only space adventures I've heard of are second-hand stories built on guesswork; the people who really had them weren't around to tell about it.”
“The captain, thinking over this event afterward, realized that by his own lifelong standards he had a crew composed entirely of lunatics, with himself well to the front in degree of aberration; but he was fairly sure that this particular form of insanity was going to be useful.”
“No one likes to be watched constantly by someone he can’t see.”
“What’s the use of a high school education if you can’t recall it when needed later on?”

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Key facts

Born: Harry Clement Stubbs , ( 1922-05-30 ) May 30, 1922 , Somerville, Massachusetts , U.S.
Died: October 29, 2003 (2003-10-29) (aged 81), Milton, Massachusetts , U.S.
Pen name: George Richard (as artist)
Occupation: Novelist military pilot science teacher
Education: Harvard University ( BS ), Boston University ( MEd ), Simmons College ( MS )
Period: 1942–2003
Genre: Science fiction
Literary movement: Hard science fiction
Notable works: Mission of Gravity " Uncommon Sense "

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date of birth: 1922-05-30
date of death: 2003-10-29
birth name: Harry Clement Stubbs
Commons category: Hal Clement
name in native language: Hal Clement

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Harry Clement Stubbs (May 30, 1922 – October 29, 2003), better known by the pen name Hal Clement, was an American science fiction writer and a leader of the hard science fiction subgenre. He also painted astronomically oriented artworks under the name George Richard.

In 1998, Clement was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. He was named the 17th SFWA Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 1999.