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Arthur C Clarke (1917 – 2008) is best known as a science fiction writer who blended scientific expertise and poetic imagination. He also wrote many non-fiction books on space travel, communication technologies, underwater exploration and future studies. Both his fiction and factual books have inspired generations of scientists, innovators and ...
Growing up in rural England between the two world wars, young Arthur C Clarke more than made up with enthusiasm and hard work what he lacked in resources and opportunity. He cut his teeth writing for the school magazine at Huish’s Grammar School, Taunton, which he attended from 1927 to 1936. His earliest pieces – written under own name, as ...
A Wikimédia Commons tartalmaz Arthur Charles Clarke témájú médiaállományokat. Sir Arthur Charles Clarke ( Minehead, Somerset, 1917. december 16. – Srí Lanka, 2008. március 19.) angol író, mérnök.
Arthur C Clarke. and Sri Lanka. It was his interest of diving in the tropical seas that first led Arthur C Clarke to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). His first glimpse of the Indian Ocean island was in December 1954, when his ship SS Himalaya – taking him from London to Sydney, to explore the Great Barrier Reef – paused at Colombo Harbour for the day.
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 Arthur C. Clarke Foundation Welcomes You! Sir Arthur C. Clarke was an engineer, futurist and humanist who lived by the precept that it is our personal responsibility to use all our cognitive and creative capabilities to imagine past today to shape a better tomorrow. The Arthur C. Clarke foundation proudly honors his legacy by sparking our ...
Science writer Nalaka Gunawardene, who worked with Clarke for 21 years (1987-2008) as an assistant, recalls: Sir Arthur’s credo as a writer was to educate, entertain and inspire. His success was due to his remarkable ability to balance these elements in the right proportions. He sought the economy of words and avoided jargon and bureaucratic ...
