Born at Minehead, Somerset, England; educated at King's College in London, where he obtained First Class Honors in Physics and Mathematics. He was past Chariman of the British Interplanetary Society, a member of the Academy of Astronautics, the Royal Astronomical Society, the Planetary Society and many other scientific organizations. During WWII, as an RAF officer, he was in charge of the first radar talk-down equipment during its experimental trials. His invention of the satellite communication with satellites in geostationary orbit in 1945 brought him numerous honors, such as the 1982 Marconi International Fellowship; a gold medal of the Franklin Institute; the Vikram Sarabhai Professorship of the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad; the Lindbergh Award and a Fellowship of King's College, London. One of the most celebrated science fiction authors of our time, Clarke was the author of more than sixty books with more than 50 million copies in print and a winner of all the field's highest honors. In 1968 he shared an Oscar® nomination with Stanley Kubrick for the expansion of an idea in his short story "The Sentinel", which became the film 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968). At the heart of every Arthur C. Clarke novel lies a small puzzle with large ramifications. He was an author who takes an idea and drops it into a quiet pool of thought. There's a splash - that's the intriguing nature of Clarke's scientific genius. Then the ripples spread out, washing up on character, society, soaking the whole book in wonder. He was a science fiction writer whose imaginings reverberate outside the realm of fiction. He co-broadcasted the Apollo 11, 12 and 15 missions with Walter Cronkite and Wally Schirra for CBS, and his TV series "Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World" has been shown in several countries. Sir Arthur was presented the "Award of Knight Bachelor" in 2000 at a ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka, his adopted home since 1956.  Nominated for Writing (Best Screenplay Based written directly for the screen) 1968: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (w. Stanley Kubrick) 1 nomination