The War of the Worlds (King's Classics) - Couverture souple

Wells, H G

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1774371324 ISBN 13 : 9781774371329

Editeur : King's Classics, 2019

Synopsis

Shortly after astronomers observe s on the surface of Mars, meteor-like objects begin crashing into Earth. Martians emerge from their craters in large tripods, wiping out army units with heat-rays as they roam the English countryside. When the order is given to evacuate London, all seems lost. But there is one minor detail that the Martians did not plan for.
H. G. Wells is credited with the popularisation of time travel  in 1895 with The Time Machine, introducing the idea of time being the “fourth dimension” a decade before the publication of Einstein’s first Relativity papers. In 1896, he imagined a mad scientist creating human-like beings from animals in The Island of Doctor Moreau, which created a growing interest in animal welfare throughout Europe. In 1897 with The Inible Man, Wells shows how a formula could render one inible, recognizing that an inible eye would not be able to focus, thus rendering the inible man blind. With The War of the Worlds in 1898, Wells established the idea that an advanced civilization could live on Mars, popularising the term ‘martian’ and the idea that aliens could invade Earth.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946) was an English author. He was born in Bromley, Kent. He wrote about 50 books. He was one of the inventors of science fiction, and also wrote novels and utopias. He wrote books such as The Invisible Man, The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau, and The War of the Worlds. He also explained how the things he wrote about could actually happen. Some of his books have been made into movies.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: King's Classics
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1774371324
• ISBN 13: 9781774371329
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 150
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Lightning Source LLC; lsicustomersupport@ingramcontent.com; ; Heil Quaker Blvd 1246; Lavergne; Tennessee; 37086; Etats-Unis
• Personne responsable: Andreas Meier; 22029659400; info@rheinberg-buch.de; ; De Gasperi str. 8; Bergisch gladbach; 51427; Allemagne