Campbell Memorial award, 1974 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics award, 1974 Boston Museum of Science Washburn award, 1977 Marconi fellowship, 1982 Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master award, 1986 Vidya Jyothi medal, 1986 International Science Policy Foundation medal, 1992 Lord Perry award, 1992 Presidential Award, University of Illinois, 1997. Awards: International Fantasy award, 1952 Hugo award, 1956, 1969 (for screenplay), 1974, 1980 Unesco Kalinga prize, 1961 Boys' Clubs of America award, 1961 Franklin Institute Ballantine medal, 1963 Aviation-Space Writers Association Ball award, 1965 American Association for the Advancement of Science-Westinghouse Science Writing award, 1969 Playboy award, 1971 Nebula award, 1972, 1973, 1979 Jupiter award, 1973 John W. Clarke's Mysterious World, 1980, and World of Strange Powers, 1985), and has lectured widely in Britain and the United States commentator, for CBS-TV, on lunar flights of Apollo 11, 12 and 15 Vikram Sarabhai Professor, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India, 1980. Has made numerous radio and television appearances (most recently as presenter of the television series Arthur C. Director, Rocket Publishing, London, Underwater Safaris, Colombo, and the Spaceward Corporation, New York. Career: Assistant auditor, Exchequer and Audit Department, London, 1936-41 assistant editor, Physics Abstracts, London, 1949-50 since 1954, engaged in underwater exploration and photography of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia and the coast of Sri Lanka. Family: Married Marilyn Mayfield in 1954 (divorced 1964). Military Service: Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force, 1941-46 served as Radar Instructor, and Technical Officer on the first Ground Controlled Approach radar originated proposal for use of satellites for communications, 1945. (honours) in physics and mathematics 1948. Education: Huish's Grammar School, Taunton, Somerset, 1927-36 King's College, London, 1946-48, B.Sc. Born: Minehead, Somerset, 16 December 1917.

Prelude to space by arthur c clarke