If you mean "Sharpe" it's Bernard Cornwell :)
Science fiction, particularly the Robot Novels, which gave us the Laws of Robotics. And it's Isaac.
It depends on the writer, his language, his country, his publisher and his popularity. Best-selling authors like Nora Roberts and Stephen King make enough to live on -- the rest of us have to have "day jobs" to support our writing habits!
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The science writer reminds us that many past predictions have been wrong.
France gave us the statue of liberty
They gave us socks
Rome has gave us a new change in the world.
James Madison.
they gave us aids they gave us gold,spices crops and other things
No one "gave" the US its independence. The US became independent from Britain through armed rebellion.
Australia gave us the word 'boomerang' in 1827.
I believe that the first two were, but now i think they are out of print.