Biography Of Arthur Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke, a science fiction author, has had a very interesting
life.
Arthur was born on December 16, 1917, in Minehead, England. He was the
oldest of four children. His two brothers were Frederick and Michael, and his
sister's name was Mary. As a child, he enjoyed science very much. He lived on a
small farm, and enjoyed frequent trips to the nearby ocean. When he was 13 years
old, he constructed his own telescope, and changed a bike light to transmit
sound along the path of light it gave off. Arthur made his first literary
connections by writing in the school newspaper.
He attended elementary, Middle, and high school in his home town, and
then later went to King's College in ...
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authors ever! He has written many books,
including: Hammer of god; 2001, a space Odyssey; Prelude to Space; The Sands of
Mars; Islands in the Sky; Against the Fall of Night; Childhood's End; Expedition
to Earth; Going into Space; and Earthlight. Arthur has also written a few
Nonfiction books, like Interplanetary Flight, and The Exploration of Space. Also,
one day, he had an argument with a colleague, and said, “ When a distinguished
but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly
right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.”
(Science Digest )
Arthur has won many prestigious awards, including the UNESCO Kalinga
Prize, The Franklin Institute gold medal, the Robert S. Ball award, and the
Aviation/Space Writers Association Award.
An interesting fact is that Clarke proposed a belt of communication
satellites, and now they exist. He also helped make the idea of space travel
popular in the sixties. For some army ...
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