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Clarke soon became Sri Lanka’s best known foreign resident. For half a century, he played an active role in the island as a public intellectual and was engaged in promoting science, technology and higher education. He supported environmental and cultural conservation and was a patron of the arts. He kept out of local politics while ...
Arthur C. Clarke, (born Dec. 16, 1917, Minehead, Somerset, Eng.—died March 19, 2008, Colombo, Sri L.), English science-fiction writer.He first published stories while in the Royal Air Force and, after earning a degree in physics and mathematics, wrote such novels as Childhood’s End (1953), Earthlight (1955), Rendezvous with Rama (1973), and The Fountains of Paradise (1979).
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, (n. 16 decembrie 1917, Minehead, Anglia, Regatul Unit al Marii Britanii și Irlandei – d. 19 martie 2008, Colombo, Sri Lanka) a fost un scriitor de literatură științifico-fantastică, inventator [21] și futurolog [22] britanic. A fost comentator și gazdă a serialului britanic de televiziune Mysterious World.
Arthur C Clarke (1917 - 2008) was an author, undersea explorer, science populariser and so much more. He first proposed the communications satellites and promoted space travel. His science fiction and TV shows have sparked the imagination of millions worldwide. "The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way ...
Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) was one of the supreme science fiction writers of the century and achieved vast popularity with 2001: A Space Odyssey, which extended into a series of four books & two short stories. Other notable works include his Rama series of novels and the Hugo Award-winning short story The Star.
Arthur C. Clarke. Writer: 2001: A Space Odyssey. Arthur C. Clarke was born in the seaside town of Minehead, Somerset, England in December 16, 1917. In 1936 he moved to London, where he joined the British Interplanetary Society. There he started to experiment with astronautic material in the BIS, write the BIS Bulletin and science fiction. During World War II, as a RAF officer, he was in charge ...
Nevét viseli az Arthur C. Clarke Foundation, az Arthur C. Clarke-díj, valamint a 4923 Clarke kisbolygó. Művei Sci-fi. 1951. Prelude to Space; 1951. The Sands of Mars – A Mars titka (Budapest, 1957, 2011) 1952. Islands in the Sky – Szigetek az égben (Budapest, 2010) 1953. Against the Fall of Night; 1953.
