Who among the following science fiction/ popular science writers wrote ‘2001 : A Space Odyssey’ and held the position of a Professor at the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad?
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Arthur C Clarke.
- Director Stanley Kubrick picked Arthur C. Clarke out from contemporaries such as A.E. Van Vogt and Robert Heinlein to collaborate on the ground-breaking 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) in 1964, the English science fiction author was already perhaps the most influential futurist of the 20th century.
- For over sixty years Clarke produced ‘hard’ sci-fi novels and short stories that balanced a fertile speculative imagination with a characteristic scientific rigor.
- His work was informed by his background in mathematics and physics, and enriched by his professional association with the telecommunications and space industries of his era.