Sir Arthur Charles Clarke CBE FRAS (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was a British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host.
His thirteen-part TV series Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World in 1981 and Arthur C. Clarke's World of strange Powers in 1984 has now been screened in many countries. He made part of other TV series about the space, as Walter Cronkite's Universe series in 1981.
For other uses, see Arthur Clarke (disambiguation). Sir Arthur Charles Clarke CBE FRAS (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was an English science-fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host.
The dive shop that he set up continues to operate from Trincomalee through the Arthur C Clarke Foundation. In the 1980s and early 1990s, Clarke presented his television programmes Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World, Arthur C. Clarke's World of Strange Powers, and Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe .
In this novel, Clarke developed a prediction he had made publicly in 1964: I'm perfectly serious when I suggest that one day we may have brain surgeons in Edinburgh operating on patients in New Zealand. The author was entirely correct to predict that network issues would hamper the progress of remote surgery.
The best-known Western resident of Sri Lanka is alive and well, but devastated, after the tsunami tragedy. Sir Arthur C. Clarke, author of "2001: A Space Odyssey," says he is "enormously relieved" that his family and household in Colombo, the nation's capital, "have escaped the ravages of the sea."
The winner receives an engraved bookend and a prize consisting of a number of pounds sterling equal to the current year, such as £2012 for the year 2012. Prior to 2001, the award was £1000. During the 35 nomination years, 141 authors have had works nominated, 31 of whom have won.
Clarke, in full Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, (born December 16, 1917, Minehead, Somerset, England—died March 19, 2008, Colombo, Sri Lanka), English writer, notable for both his science fiction and his nonfiction.
Heuristic/ALgorithmic(2) (Heuristic/ALgorithmic) The name of the computer that took over command of the spaceship in Stanley Kubrick's famous film "2001: A Space Odyssey." Each letter in H-A-L precedes the letters I-B-M.
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Clarke predicted that one day, worldwide communications would be possible via a network of three geostationary satellites spaced at equal intervals around the equator.
Marvin. Marvin is the main character, a boy in a moon colony, who sees the post-apocalypse earth for the first time during an earthrise when he is ten.
The Challenge of the Stars (a.k.a. The New Challenge of the Stars ); 1972. Wrote Foreword.
The Coming of the Space Age; Famous Accounts of Man's Probing of the Universe; 1967. Selected and edited by Arthur C. Clarke.
From the Earth to the Moon; Jules Verne, 1962. Wrote Introduction to the 1962 edition of this 1865 novel.
Only Visiting This Planet: The Art of Danny Flynn; Nigel Suckling, 1994. Wrote Introduction.
The First Men in the Moon; H.G. Wells , 1993. Wrote Introduction to the 1993 edition of this 1901 novel.
Arthur C. Clarke 's Chronicles of the Strange and Mysterious; Simon Welfare and John Fairly, 1987. Wrote chapter introductions.
Clarke was buried on Saturday in Colombo, where he had lived since 1956.
The forerunner to the NCPA, the Presidential Task Force on the Prevention of Child Abuse, had in 1998 initiated an investigation into Clarke's conduct with the help of Interpol. Police spent two-and-a-half hours recording a statement from Clarke in 1998, but no charges were brought against him.
The accusations surfaced while Prince Charles was visiting Colombo and was due to confer a knighthood on Clarke. The investiture was eventually held two years later. Upon Clarke's death, there were no official condolences from London. The High Commission in Colombo only briefly noted Clarke's death with "sadness" on its website.