Sir Arthur Clarke dies
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- March
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The British science fiction writer, Arthur C. Clarke has died at the age of 90 in Sri Lanka reports British media including the BBC.
He had lived for many years on the island of Sri Lanka for many years.
Clarke is best known for his tale about the future which was the genesis for the 1968-Stanley Kubrik film, “2001: A Space Odyssey.”
In 1982, he wrote a sequel to this story with “2010: Odyssey Two,” which was also made into a film, but not with the same fanfare.
In his career, Clarke wrote stories, essays and was the namesake to a prestigious science fiction writing award, the Sir Arthur Clarke Awards.
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As I recall, Clarke had been trained as either a physicist or an engineer. He is given the credit for coming up with the idea of placing satellites in what is called geosynchronous orbit, i.e., placed in such a way that they remain “stationary” with regard to a particular point on the earth’s surface. I believe he came up with this idea in 1947.