Robert Heinlein Research Paper

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May 8th, 1988 Science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein died in Carmel, California at the age of 80. Heinlein was an engineer then he found his talent of writing and quit his job and produced his dream in writing and began writing books. He wrote a book while he was very ill about an atomic power plant that built the first atomic bomb. Heinlein died at the hospital after beinging extremely ill for several months. While he was in the hospital, he was writing journals about everyday and how he was doing and feeling.

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