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• Sir Arthur C. Clarke was a British science fiction author and futurist. He wrote "The Sentinel" (1948), which was adapted by Stanley Kubrick for the film A Space Odyssey. Born 1917, he died March 19, 2008 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where he lived since 1956. Author of more than thirty-three novels, over twenty-five non-fiction books, and a dozen short-story collections, Clarke won the Hugo and Nebula awards for best science fiction novel in 1974 and 1979.

• Fast Facts:

  1. Given Name: Arthur Charles Clarke
  2. Also Known As: E. G. O'Brien, Charles Willis
  3. Born: December 16, 1917
  4. Died: March 19, 2008
  5. Birthplace: Minehead, Somerset, England
  6. Place of Death: Colombo, Sri Lanka
  7. Knighted: May 26, 2000
  8. Awards:
     1. Nebula Award, Best Novel, (1974)
     2. Hugo Award, Jupiter Award, Best Novel (1974)
  9. Widely credited with concept of geosynchronous orbit (1945)
  10. The Fountains of Paradise: first mention of space elevator concept (1979)
  11. Diagnosed with post-polio syndrome (1988)
  12. With Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein, considered one of the Big Three of science fiction

• Clarke's Three Laws:

  1. 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.
  2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
  3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
  4. For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert. (Optional)

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