![]() ![]() Not just television - this describes what we call 'the idiot box' (technology and media).īiological Warfare - first use of the concept in fiction Wells was convinced that Western socialists cannot compromise with Communism, and that the best hope for the future lay in Washington.Ī weapon that uses an atomic chain reaction as an explosive force.Īutomated Surface Measurement - 100 years before cgi needed itĪ mechanical method of accurately measuring a surface.Ī wall strip that rolls up automatically to let you through.Ī mechanical device able to excavate on its own. In 1934 he had discussions with both Stalin, who left him disillusioned, and Roosevelt, trying to recruit them without success to his world-saving schemes. He taught in private schools for four years, not taking his B.S. However, his interest faltered and in 1887 he left without a degree. Wells obtained a scholarship to the Normal School of Science in London and studied there biology under T.H. His father was a shopkeeper and a professional cricketer until he broke his leg. ![]() Herbert George Wells was born in Bromley, Kent. Wells wrote over a hundred of books, about fifty of them novels. ![]() Wells's best known works are The Time Machine (1895), one of the first modern science fiction stories, The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898). ![]()
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