Abstract
MEN of science owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. H. G. Wells. He was born with a passion to make things better, and there is implicit in all his writings the view that the advancement of science and the application of scientific knowledge is the indispensable method whereby this end may be achieved. This passion has lost none of its intensity as the years have passed. No trace of cynicism has crept in. He remains as eager, as impatient, and as youthful as ever. He has not accumulated a series of tricks which he performs for the public amusement or “pour épater les bourgeois.” He argues, debates, and pleads like the young man just becoming aware of all the absurdities, complexities, and possibilities of life.
The Way the World is Going: Guesses and Forecasts of the Years Ahead.
26 Articles and a Lecture by H. G. Wells. Pp. xi + 301. (London: Ernest Benn, Ltd., 1928.) 7s. 6d. net.
The Open Conspiracy: Blue Prints for a World Revolution.
By H. G. Wells. Pp. 156. (London: Victor Gollancz, Ltd., 1928.) 5s. net.
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C.-S., A. The Way the World is Going: Guesses and Forecasts of the Years Ahead The Open Conspiracy: Blue Prints for a World Revolution . Nature 122, 3–5 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122003a0
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