(Summary from Wikipedia)įor further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit. Wells used this as the basis for his story. Scientists of the day were well aware that the slow natural radioactive decay of elements like radium continues for thousands of years, and that while the rate of energy release is negligible, the total amount released is huge. While Wells believes that invention and acquisition of various power and energy would definitely lead to the development it comes at a heavy price for the mankind. Wells based on his predictions on most devastating damages ahead in the future caused by nuclear energy. Man is the tool-using, fire-making animal." Synopsis The World Set Free is science fiction novel by H. The novel opens: "The history of mankind is the history of the attainment of external power. The book is considered a prophetical novel foretelling the advent of nuclear weapons.Ī constant theme in Wells's work, such as his 1901 nonfiction book Anticipations, was the role of energy and technological advance as a determinant of human progress. The World Set Free is a novel published in 1914 by H. LibriVox recording of The World Set Free, by H.
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