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2001: Space Odyssey writer dies
2001: Space Odyssey writer dies
Last Modified: 19 Mar 2008
By:
Sue Turton
The science fiction writer Sir Arthur C. Clarke dies aged 90.
Famous for his futuristic ideas on space travel, his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey was turned into a film of the same name and directed by Stanley Kubrick.
It captured the imagination of star gazers.
Channel 4 News looks back on the life of a man whose intellectual imaginings helped pave the way for the space travel of the last 50 years.
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