The World Set Free, (Paperback)

<p>After learning of atomic physics, <strong>H</strong>. <strong>G. Wells</strong> began to think of its potential impact on human society. <strong>In The World Set</strong> Free, by <strong>H</strong>. <strong>G. Wells, </strong> atomic energy causes massive unemployment, shaking the already fragile social order. The ambitious powers of the world decide to seize the opportunity to compete for dominance, and a world war breaks out, echoing the looming <strong>Great War</strong> about to ignite in <strong>1914</strong>. Waking to the catastrophe, humanity begins the hard search for a way into a better future. The novel traces a soldier, an ex-king, a despot, and a sage through a profound transformation of human society, and we gain a window into <strong>Wells</strong>' own thoughts and hopes along the way.With one prophetic stroke, <strong>Wells</strong> gives the first detailed depiction of atomic energy and its potential destructive power, and predicts the use of the air power in modern warfare. He may have even directly influenced the development of nuclear weapons, as the physicist Leó Szilárd, shortly after reading the novel in <strong>1932</strong>, then conceived of harnessing the neutron chain reaction critical to the development of the atom bomb.After learning of atomic physics, <strong>H</strong>. <strong>G. Wells</strong> began to think of its potential impact on human society. <strong>In The World Set</strong> Free, by <strong>H</strong>. <strong>G. Wells, </strong> atomic energy causes massive unemployment, shaking the already fragile social order. The ambitious powers of the world decide to seize the opportunity to compete for dominance, and a world war breaks out, echoing the looming <strong>Great War</strong> about to ignite in <strong>1914</strong>. Waking to the catastrophe, humanity begins the hard search for a way into a better future. The novel traces a soldier, an ex-king, a despot, and a sage through a profound transformation of human society, and we gain a window into <strong>Wells</strong>' own thoughts and hopes along the way.With one prophetic stroke, <strong>Wells</strong> gives the first detailed depiction of atomic energy and its potential destructive power, and predicts the use of the air power in modern warfare. He may have even directly influenced the development of nuclear weapons, as the physicist Leó Szilárd, shortly after reading the novel in <strong>1932</strong>, then conceived of harnessing the neutron chain reaction critical to the development of the atom bomb.</p>

• The World Set Free, (Paperback)
• Author: Les Prairies Numeriques
• ISBN: 9791043139376
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-03-01
• Page Count: 236