ARTHUR C. CLARKE: Seven Wonders of the World 

Clarke seems like the type of man that would help you move. Then help you build an 80 foot radio telescope in your new backyard.

Back in 1981 I was connecting to Compuserve with a Commodore VIC-20 and a 300 baud modem. Arthur C. Clarke was on there also with a Commodore and I had several chats with him. A brilliant and fascinating man who had a big influence on me.

Years ago when I was a much younger man stocking shelves at Wal -Mart we had a door greeter Mr Jim . Jim was a quiet unassuming guy that genuinely carried pens in a pocket protector . He passed away suddenly only a few months after I met him . In his obituary we all learned that he had retired as an electrical engineer for NAsA and had worked on the moon shot .

I'm proud to find myself watching this once in a while. Arthur C. Clarke is my favorite science fiction author.

Every Sunday I would watch Arthur C Clarke, with my grandad. I miss them both....my grandad more, obviously lol.

Who wouldn't like to have such a grandpa? I would be delighted listening to his stories

Bless you, Arthur. Thank you for educating me out of my ignorance. Thank you for showing me how incredible the universe already is, without having to refer to gods or the paranormal. How the world could use you now...

We've never been richer, never been more connected and never so boring.. We need to be doing more things like these. We are a generation with no stories.

One of the greatest minds of the twentieth century.... And a gentleman.

This video is great, I really wish he was still around. He deserved to live longer!

I had the great luck as a teenager to visit Sigiriya shortly after it opened up for visitors and even stayed in Arthur C. Clarke's house (he wasn't there at the time, but I met his housekeeper and did get to look through his bookshelves ;) )

A man way ahead of time RIP

He is not a national treasure. He is a planetary treasure. Quite possibly a galactic treasure.

1) Saturn V 6:04 2) The Rock Fortress of Sigiriya 16:51 3) Microchips 24:43 4) The Mandelbrot Set 27:59 5) Music (Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D minor) 33:02 6) The Giant Squid 37:27 7) SS433 40:55

Arthur C. Clarke: once in a while a creation comes along; the only similarity is its human form! He then proceeds to astound you with his vision and childlike astonishment and wonder in what surrounds us in unlimited possibilities; so beautifully composed. He wanders now for eternity with Bach's 'Toccata & Fugue in D' reverberating through the Cosmos. Thank you BBC TV as always

Wonderful man, a man I could never get bored of listening to.

Isaac Asimov and Arthur C Clark were my two favorite Si-Fi writers growing up. You can see from this video what made the later man tick. He had an insatiable curiosity, and was fascinated by some things I didn't even know existed.

I really miss his tv programs and narration, this was a nice blast from the past :)

"Character" - the man had great Character - Mature Minded with Integrity - An example for each of us to apply conscious thought efforts toward... Inspiring -

What an amazingly astute and farsighted man. Thank you for the upload.

I loved this! Thank you for sharing!!!

What a pleasure to find this evening, thx for uploading!

I remember watching his Sunday night mysteries and also his documentaries has a young child in amazement. He was definitely way ahead of his time and within the same caliber has Hawkins and such!

I just red the Space Odysse saga. Well, he truly was a visionary man. Thanks you.

Anyone who has seen 2001 but has not read the book, should do so. It's amazing, I prefer it to the movie.

the Collection of Short stories by Mr Clarke is one of the most mind-opening and mind-expanding reads of my life

Arthur C Clarke....you can never RIP as your books and intellect will last forever. You have been a great giver to humanity. Your inspiration has created science. I formally thank you for my childrens future.

I love Arthur C. Clarke. I have read all his books since I was 13. I am now 67. And I find this man's mind fascinating.

Man, was he loved in Soviet Union! One of the most popular American writers.

We miss people like him. His forward looking open mind has made a great contribution along the way and is still relevant now and in the future. We were lucky to have him with us.

Thanks for the upload, grew up watching his programs and read some of his books, amazing mind

What a BRILLIANT mind!!!

His description of the Saturn V is what I felt watching a space shuttle take off from Titusville. It changes you.

What a total legend.

This was awesome, thanks for posting!

What a beautiful time machine... Thanks for posting this.

What an amazing, brillant person!

Great tribute video.Clarke's interest of science 🔭 reaches the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of space. Glad he got to see man reach the Moon 🌑 and photograph deep space. See you on the flip side.

I am fascinated by the fax machine. I understand computers, i phones, and any other modern technology. Cant wrap my head around the fax machine.

Unquestionably one of the most philosophical thinkers in science and technoology today! Always love watching anything about him and reading his stories!!!

Today Commemorates Arthur C. Clarke's 100th Birthday

great show !

this was great. thanks for sharing. learn t a lot.

Happy birthday Arthur!

The best of RU-vid. Thanks!

Thank you for sharing this! ACC made some amazing tv!

This was one of my favorite shows in the 90s

Arthur C. Clark and Isaac Asimov were some of my favorite go to's for science expansion and creative imaginative journeys.

❤Thanks! Arthur and Stephen ❤

Growing up in the Fifty’s and Sixty’s, the thing I liked about ACC was his effort to base sci-fi on actual things we can do or could do. Lots of other good sci-fi authors then too, but ACC was a league of his own. Truly a man of vision.

200 comments on this deeply thinkable video, 120 000 comments on a video with a dancing cat. Is mankind really ready for this extraordinary man's thoughts?

Thank you for this video

Excellent video.

Arthur C. Clarke is one that make you sit an just listen and try to absorb his thoughts.

To see real wonders and have them explained is far more worth my time than are miracles .

"What do you think?" His greatest gift.

"Open the pod bay doors, HAL." "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that." Love that movie :-)

Very interesting and worthwhile video.

I think this is the first time I've seen the Great Master genuinely laugh. (@3:27). Wonderful!

I would like to live long enough to see the first Moon base named "Clarke Base".

great docu!

thank you for the Video

I use to love watching Arthur C Clarke's mysterious world ,it would have the crystal skull as it's mascot . Omg gonna have to search for them now . 😁

An impertinent young journalist asked Clarke 'are you gay'. 'Well, I'm mildly cheerful'.

Fist SF book I read as a child was A fall of Moondust in 1961. SF has fascinated me ever since.

Great early shows always from him!

A great man from Somerset. Loved the mysterious world series as a child That and the world at war No danger of anything so engaging or intelligent now

What a brilliant documentary

One of my favorite writers in my childhood I read many of his stories . Later in life learning more about him that he was more than just a science fiction writer was very impressive. A little later in life somewhere around the birth of RU-vid I found something that identified him as being gay and at that point I really did not care... it's like my introduction to him was about so many wonderful mind-expanding things have benefited me as well as broadened my perspective and appreciation of the Sciences... now if the first thing I've learned about him was that he was gay before I read any of his books my mind would have already been Limited. I think his character is something a lot of these lgbtq people could benefit from... Stop screaming in the streets about your sexual preferences, nobody's telling me that you can't do whatever you want to cuz apparently everybody's already doing whatever they want to oh, there is no Injustice... Now go out be human participate with the rest of us create and build something to inspire others stop focusing on sexuality it is a very small part of life. Sorry that's my rant. I have nothing against gay people and I totally appreciate Arthur C Clark. The world we live in is focused on so many of the wrong things it's hard for anyone to move forward

wow, very useful information!!!!!

Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. During the 70's and 80's you could park right out front. Then a short walk inside and all the gadgets and gizmos were awesome! I think it was free at the time. And that TRAIN!

*The Saturn V rocket... My God... that much weight so well balanced, with that much highly combustible fuel so perfectly metered. All designed by pencil to paper with slid rules and compass... Just wow. Truly Incredible!*

Aaahhhh… reminds me of a forgotten time when men had integrity, complexity and elegance

Great video thanks it's so weird we can't get back to the moon in 2021. But no problem for 1960s

We believe the great books we are recommended .......we believe the telly we watch too

Rendezvous with Rama is superb.

Great video, great man

Oh yes, the greatest piece of music in the world.

Enjoyed the video.

Fantastic a genuine one off genius

Excellent !

Thank you.

Absolute national and world gem. Carbon 16 so close to graphemes . These are the type of minds that make it optimistic for us to be human !! The gem being Arthur not graphene carbon or diamond ( actual gem )

I have read and enjoyed his work since I was 15 years old and that is more than a few decades

Great writer, great thinker.

He's the man. His book: "Childhood's End" is prescient about what's happening in the world exactly now.

How lucky are we available of watching all this amazing 🤩🌟 documentaries about one of the most prominent figures on the Science 🔭 Fiction history and also a great Physician and Inventor🤓👌 23:32 By the way humans have come a long way since the creation of the microprocessor, now my smartphone is at least a million times more powerful and does billion time more calculations that those early computers used 🔙 in 1967, and I even have a freaking AI on my phone 🤳 📱... What a time to be alive haha!!!

I wish he was still here to see the Falcon Heavy launch. He would have loved it :)

It is a fantastical leap to go from "calculating machines" to "thinking machines". Today's technology is *no closer* to that than Babbage was.

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. -Terry Pratchett, TY Arthur🙏🙃🤙⚡👏👏✌👩‍🚀🌍👀🌎🔥💥🎧

what a great visionary he was

Amazing how he predicted our future

Brilliant man.

there is reason for your thoughts good sir thank you for them

a truly great British man

wonderful man

Pretty sure Clarke would be very impressed with the direction and progress of spacex. Both he and Musk don't think in the mundane.

The great teacher of my childhood.

I wish I'd gotten to meet this great thinker and amazing writer. I love his book, " Time enough for Love"

Arthur C Clarke and Stephen Hawking in the same room ...a meeting of brilliance