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- Author
- Arthur C. Clarke
- First published
- 1956
- Pages
- 254
- Publisher
- Corgi Books, Corgi, Edhasa
- Editions
- 22
- Language
- Portuguese, lit, German, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9788435001328
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Sir Arthur Charles Clarke CBE FRAS was a British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. He is famous for being co-writer of the screenplay for the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, widely considered to be one of the most influential films of all time. Clarke was a science writer, who was both an avid populariser of space travel and a futurist of uncanny ability. On these subjects he wrote over a dozen books and many essays, which appeared in various popular magazines. In 1961 he was awarded the Kalinga Prize, an award which is given by UNESCO for popularising science. These along with his science fiction writings eventuall
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