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AlokeKumar discovered 4 months ago- ARTHUR C CLARKE (1917-2008) Arthur C. Clarke died on 19th. March. And he's taken a whole era with him. They've already named a dinosaur and an asteroid after him; they've already given him innumerable awards and honours, and sung his praises to the stars. He was a man of galaxies and oceans, a pulp fiction enthusiast, an avid scuba diver, a hard science fiction writer obsessed with technology but also kown for his interest in the bizarre and paranormal. Literature has lost a giant; his legend, however, will live on. Arthur C. Clarke is a name I associate with a more innocent (also: backward) time, an age when the world was not just a mouse-click away, a pre-Wikipedia age where information was restricted and precious, and everything outside your own small circle, your city, your country was full of mystery and excitement, a time when it was easier to believe and wonder. A time when earnest, eager, awkward schoolboys in Calcutta and all over the world would pore over Clarke's work in school libraries and imagine themselves lost in space and time. They'd grow up to become engineers, scientists, mathematicians, even inventors. Perhaps the sense of wonder Clarke bred in them stayed with them; perhaps it was lost in a sea of information and experience. But for all of us, watching the world outside transform from a planet of boundless mystery to a finite space that could be captured on video and uploaded on YouTube. Clarke, taught us that the modern world, like the world of the future it could become, was still full of magic. Arthur C. Clarke is the son of an English farming family, born in the seaside town of Minehead, Somerset, England on December 16, 1917. In 1998, his lifetime work was recognized by H.M. The Queen when he was honored with a Knighthood - formally conferred by Prince Charles in Sri Lanka two years later. After attending schools in his home county, Arthur Clarke moved to London in 1936 and pursued his early interest in space sciences by joining the British Interplanetary Society. He started to contribute to the BIS Bulletin and began to write science fiction. As with so many young men at the time, World War II interrupted in 1939 and he joined the RAF, eventually becoming an officer in charge of the first radar talk-down equipment, the Ground Controlled Approach, during its experimental trials. Later, his only non-science-fiction novel, Glide Path, was based on this work. After the war, he returned to London and to the BIS, becoming its president in 1947-50 and again in 1953. In 1945, a UK periodical magazine "Wireless World" published his landmark technical paper "Extra-terrestrial Relays" in which he first set out the principles of satellite communication with satellites in geostationary orbits - a speculation realized 25 years later. During the evolution of his discovery, he worked with scientists and engineers in the USA in the development of spacecraft and launch systems, and addressed the United Nations during their deliberations on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. Clarke first visited Colombo, Sri Lanka (then called Ceylon) in December 1954 and lived there since 1956 till his death. In recent years, he has been largely confined to a wheelchair due to post-polio syndrome, but his output as a writer continued undiminished. This spot is for Olivia from Australia, who likes Clarke. For more on her visit : http://oliviab.stumbleupon.com/
- HardworkinJudy rated 3 months ago
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- JoseRocha rated 3 months ago
- Arthur C. Clarke is one of the greatest Sci-Fi writers. He's definitively one of the essencial authors of Sci-Fi to be present in any library. Good article.
