‘War is being drawn into the field of the exact sciences. Every additional weapon, every new complication of the art of war, intensifies the need of deliberate preparation, and darkens the outlook of a nation of amateurs.’
Anticipations of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human Life and Thought, generally known as Anticipations, was Wells’ first non-fiction bestseller. Read by almost every intellectual during his time, the book was popular, controversial, and partly prophetic. Being ahead of his time, Wells’ anticipations of the future continue to have relevance today.
Herbert George Wells, commonly known as H. G. Wells, was a British writer and one of the most famous science fiction writers in the world. His most notable books include The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds.