This Crazy Cosmos » H.G. Wells http://www.mikiesoft.net Astronomy & Space Exploration Sun, 17 Jul 2011 04:18:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Arthur C. Clarke 1917 – 2008 http://www.mikiesoft.net/arthur-c-clarke-1917-2008/ http://www.mikiesoft.net/arthur-c-clarke-1917-2008/#comments Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:43:11 +0000 Mike http://www.mikiesoft.net/2008/03/arthur-c-clarke-1917-2008.html The wonderful author and visionary, Arthur C. Clarke, who has written so many thought provoking books, has passed away at the ripe old age of 90.  My favorite, and probably his most famous is “2001: A Space Odyssey.”  I’ve always been a big fan of sci-fi, and Clarke’s books were right at the top of my list, along with H.G. Wells.

Clarke has one of those truly amazing biographies, which includes predicting a global network of communication satellites, writing an astounding amount of books and scientific articles, being knighted as Sir Arthur C. Clarke by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth in 1998 for his work with science fiction, working as an underwater explorer, and finally as a recluse in Sri Lanka.

Can you imagine some of Clarke’s “future visions” of making contact with intelligent life from other planets by the year 2030, or discovering the secret of immortality by 2090?

The Arthur C. Clarke Foundation  www.clarkefoundation.org

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