The World Set Free
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The World Set Free
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Narrateur(s):
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Eric Brooks
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Auteur(s):
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H. G. Wells
À propos de cet audio
The World Set Free is a novel published in 1914 by H. G. Wells. The book is considered a prophetical novel foretelling the advent of nuclear weapons. A constant theme in Wells’ work, such as his 1901 nonfiction book Anticipations, was the role of energy and technological advance as a determinant of human progress.
The novel opens with this: "The story of mankind is the history of the attainment of external power. Man is the tool-using, fire-making animal." 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. Wells used this as the basis for his story.
Public Domain (P)2012 Audible, Inc.The monotonous narrator nearly put me to sleep.
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