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The world’s foremost science-fiction writer dies at the age of 90 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. A tribute to his life in The Telegraph, UK.

Sir Arthur Clarke, who has died aged 90, was, for many, synonymous with science fiction, and in particular with 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick’s film of his novella The Sentinel; his principal gifts, however, were his ability to popularise science and his genius as one of the most prophetic voices of the space age.

In the 100 or so books he wrote, co-wrote or edited, Clarke predicted, with remarkable accuracy, such developments as the moon landings, space travel, communications satellites, compact computers, cloning, commercial hovercraft and a slew of other scientific developments – though he was also, inevitably, often wide of the mark.

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And below, “the dawn of man” — an amazing clip from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey

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