Download or read book The Discovery of the Future written by Herbert George Wells and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Discovery of the Future A Discourse Delivered at the Royal Institution written by H. G. Wells and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-09-14 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Discovery of the Future" is a philosophical lecture by H. G. Wells first delivered to the Royal Institution on January 24, 1902. Within it, Wells explores the 'knowability' of the future and the question of what is to come after man. This fascinating and thought-provoking lecture constitutes a must-read for fans of Wells' work, and it would make for a worthy addition collections of allied literature. Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946) was a prolific English writer who wrote in a variety of genres, including the novel, politics, history, and social commentary. Today, he is perhaps best remembered for his contributions to the science fiction genre thanks to such novels as "The Time Machine" (1895), "The Invisible Man" (1897), and "The War of the Worlds" (1898). Although never a winner, Wells was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature a total of four times. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
Download or read book The Discovery of the Future written by H. G. 1866-1946 Wells and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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Download or read book The Discovery of the Future written by H Wells and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-15 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Discovery of the Future, a lecture delivered to the Royal Institution in 1902, H. G. Wells examines two divergent and, in his opinion, incompatible types of mind. His appeal for future-mindedness is a request that is aimed to create a collective vision of the future, which is oriented towards the advancement of humanity.
Download or read book The Discovery of the Future written by Herbert George Wells and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Discovery of the Future written by H G Wells and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Discovery of the Future is a philosophical lecture by H. G. Wells that argues for the knowability of the future. It was originally delivered to the Royal Institution on January 24, 1902. Before appearing in book form. Wells begins by distinguishing between "two divergent types of mind," one that judges and attaches importance principally to what has happened in the past and one that judges and attaches importance principally to what will happen in the future. To the former he attributes the adjectives "legal or submissive," "passive," and "oriental," and to the latter the adjectives "legislative, creative, organizing, or masterful," and "active," calling it "a more modern and much less abundant type of mind."
Download or read book The Discovery of The Future written by H. G. Wells and published by Namaskar Books. This book was released on with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Discovery Of The Future written by H G Wells and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-19 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Discovery of the Future is a 1902 philosophical lecture by H. G. Wells that argues for the knowability of the future. It was originally delivered to the Royal Institution on January 24, 1902. Before appearing in book form, it was published by Richard Gregory in Nature on February 6, 1902, and was also published as part of the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution.
Download or read book The Discovery of the Future A Discourse Delivered to the Royal Institution on January 24 1902 written by H. G. Wells and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-22 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Discovery of the Future written by H G Wells and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Discovery of the Future is a philosophical lecture by H. G. Wells that argues for the knowability of the future. It was originally delivered to the Royal Institution on January 24, 1902. Before appearing in book form. Wells begins by distinguishing between "two divergent types of mind," one that judges and attaches importance principally to what has happened in the past and one that judges and attaches importance principally to what will happen in the future. To the former he attributes the adjectives "legal or submissive," "passive," and "oriental," and to the latter the adjectives "legislative, creative, organizing, or masterful," and "active," calling it "a more modern and much less abundant type of mind."
Download or read book The Discovery of the Future written by H Wells and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-17 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Discovery of the Future is a 1902 philosophical lecture by H. G. Wells that argues for the knowability of the future. It was originally delivered to the Royal Institution on January 24, 1902. Before appearing in book form, it was published by Richard Gregory in Nature on February 6, 1902, and was also published as part of the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution. Available online
Download or read book The Discovery of the Future written by H Wells and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Discovery of the Future is a 1902 philosophical lecture by H. G. Wells that argues for the knowability of the future. It was originally delivered to the Royal Institution on January 24, 1902. Before appearing in book form, it was published by Richard Gregory in Nature on February 6, 1902, and was also published as part of the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution. Available online. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.
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Download or read book Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh 1902 1906 written by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1088 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Discovery of the Future written by H. G. Wells and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-02-13 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A little more than a century ago, H. G. Well's lecture at the Royal Institution expressed the dynamic optimism of an always better future. Despite the passage of time, Well's lecture remains relevant as we seek to avoid the absolutism of true believers who inflicted such horrors in the last century. It's not that Wells was smugly optimistic, he recognized then as today, "This present time is a period of quite extraordinary uncertainty and indecision upon endless questions - - moral questions, aesthetic questions, religious and political questions - - upon which we should all of us be happier to feel assured and settled . . ." Wells recognized, " . . . it is still a fundamental presumption of the established morality that one must do right though the heavens fall." In today's world, that nicely sums up the Teaporty in the U.S. and the "Barons of Austerity" who now hold such power in Europe. But Wells was also unduly optimistic - - his principle theme - - that ". . . there are people coming into this world who would refuse to call it a Right if it brought the heavens about our heads, however authoritative its sources and sanctions, and this new disposition, I believe, is a growing one . . " In that he makes his greatest error. Wells assumes enlightenment is a permanent achievement; he overlooks the perpetual swing throughout history between optimism and pessimism. Much of the last century was the world-wide conflict between heritage and the true believers who sought to destroy old customs to impose new ideologies. The last century trashed much of the progress that could have been; perhaps, in reading Wells' observations, the next century will be better.
Download or read book Creating the Twentieth Century written by Vaclav Smil and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-08-25 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The period between 1867 and 1914 remains the greatest watershed in human history since the emergence of settled agricultural societies: the time when an expansive civilization based on synergy of fuels, science, and technical innovation was born. At its beginnings in the 1870s were dynamite, the telephone, photographic film, and the first light bulbs. Its peak decade - the astonishing 1880s - brought electricity - generating plants, electric motors, steam turbines, the gramophone, cars, aluminum production, air-filled rubber tires, and prestressed concrete. And its post-1900 period saw the first airplanes, tractors, radio signals and plastics, neon lights and assembly line production. This book is a systematic interdisciplinary account of the history of this outpouring of European and American intellect and of its truly epochal consequences. It takes a close look at four fundamental classes of these epoch-making innovations: formation, diffusion, and standardization of electric systems; invention and rapid adoption of internal combustion engines; the unprecedented pace of new chemical syntheses and material substitutions; and the birth of a new information age. These chapters are followed by an evaluation of the lasting impact these advances had on the 20th century, that is, the creation of high-energy societies engaged in mass production aimed at improving standards of living.
