Clarke's three laws

three adages proposed by British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke about science and technology
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Clarke's three laws

Summary

Clarke's three laws is an Epigrammatic law[1]. It draws 763 Wikipedia views per month (epigrammatic_law category, ranking #2 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Clarke's three laws's instance of is recorded as Epigrammatic law[3].
  • Clarke's three laws's instance of is recorded as triad[4].
  • Arthur C. Clarke is named after Clarke's three laws[5].
  • Clarke's three laws's subclass of is recorded as adage[6].
  • Clarke's three laws's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01q2_[7].
  • Clarke's three laws's described at URL is recorded as https://sfdictionary.com/view/458/clarkes-law[8].
  • Clarke's three laws's spoken text audio is recorded as Clarke's three laws.ogg[9].
  • Clarke's three laws's BBC Things ID is recorded as ea20d1aa-c245-4912-82be-3d59f39634aa[10].
  • Clarke's three laws's Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID is recorded as clarkes_laws[11].
  • Clarke's three laws's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/ClarkesThirdLaw[12].

Why It Matters

Clarke's three laws draws 763 Wikipedia views per month (epigrammatic_law category, ranking #2 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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