The second law is offered as a simple observation in the same essay but its status as Clarke's second law was conferred by others. It was initially a derivative of the first law and formally became Clarke's second law where the author proposed the third law in the 1973 revision of Profiles of the Future, which included an acknowledgement. It was also here that Clarke wrote about the third law in these words: "As three laws were good enough for Newton, I have modestly decided to stop there".
the second law is offered as a simple observation in the same essay but its status as clarke's second law was conferred by others it was initially a derivative of the first law and formally became clarke's second law where the author proposed the third law in the 1973 revision of profiles of the future which included an acknowledgement it was also here that clarke wrote about the third law in these words "as three laws were good enough for newton i have modestly decided to stop there"