Tales from the White Hart is a collection of short stories by science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke. The stories all originally appeared in a number of different publications. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Sir Arthur C. Clarke Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (born 16 December 1917) is a British author and inventor, most famous for his science-fiction novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, and for collaborating with director Stanley Kubrick on the film of the same name. ...
The White Hart is a pub (modelled on the White Horse, Fetter Lane, just north of Fleet Street, once the weekly rendezvous of science fiction fans in London) where Harry Purvis tells a series of tall tales. For the television series tentatively titled Fleet Street, see Boston Legal. ...
Although Arthur C. Clarke is well known for inventing the concept of geostationary satellites, the story "Silence Please" additionally shows that Clarke invented the idea of using real-time wave cancellation to quiet noisy environments. Present-day (2005) products using this idea include electronic truck mufflers and the new noise-cancelling headphones. Sir Arthur C. Clarke Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (born 16 December 1917) is a British author and inventor, most famous for his science-fiction novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, and for collaborating with director Stanley Kubrick on the film of the same name. ...
This collection, originally published in 1957, includes: 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The WhiteHart ("hart" is an old word for stag) was the personal badge of Richard II, who derived it from the arms of his mother, Joan "The Fair Maid of Kent", heiress of Edmund of Woodstock.
In the Wilton Diptych (National Gallery, London), which is the earliest authentic contemporary portait of an English king, Richard II wears a gold and enamelled whitehart jewel, and even the angels surrounding the Virgin Mary all wear whitehart badges.
In Scotland, The WhiteHart is an inn in the Grassmarket, established early in the 1500s.
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