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CZM Book Club: "The Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C. Clarke

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

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The Quest for the Names of God

In this chapter, a Tibetan monastery requests an automatic sequence computer to assist in listing all possible names of God using a special alphabet. The monks have been working on this project for centuries and hope to find the real names of God through systematic permutations. As the project nears completion, a sense of apprehension emerges as the monks contemplate the potential consequences of their endeavor.

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