Hal Clement is the pen name of [[science fiction] writer Harry Clement Stubbs. (1922- )
He first appeared in print with the story "Proof" in the June 1942 issue of Astounding Science Fiction.
He received his B.S. in astronomy from Harvard in 1943, an M. Ed. from Boston University in 1946 (G.I. Bill) and an M.S. in chemistry from Simmons College in 1963 (Sputnik panic).
Was named 1998 Grand Master Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA)
His best known novel, Mission of Gravity is the account of an overland expedition across the superjovian planet Mesklin to recover a crashed scientific probe. The natives of Mesklin are centipede-like intelligent beings about a meter in length. Various episodes hinge on the fact that Mesklin's fast rotational speed causes it to be considerably deformed from the spherical, and its effective surface gravity to vary from approximately 3 G at the equator to approxiamtely 700 G at the poles.
He also paints astronomically-oriented artworks under the name George Richard.
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