The book is based on a prediction of a more destructive and uncontrollable sort of weapon than the world has yet seen.A frequent theme of Wells's work, as in his 1901 nonfiction book Anticipations, was the history of humans' mastery of power and energy through technological advance, seen as a determinant of human progress. The novel begins: "The history of mankind is the history of the attainment ...
H. G. Wells - The World Set Free
The World Set Free
H. G. Wells, Bauer Books
171
Descrizione
The book is based on a prediction of a more destructive and uncontrollable sort of weapon than the world has yet seen.A frequent theme of Wells's work, as in his 1901 nonfiction book Anticipations, was the history of humans' mastery of power and energy through technological advance, seen as a determinant of human progress. The novel begins: "The history of mankind is the history of the attainment of external power. Man is the tool-using, fire-making animal. . . . Always down a lengthening record, save for a set-back ever and again, he is doing more