H.G. Wells

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H.G. Wells was a novelist and prominent socialist. Trained as a biologist, he was keenly interested in science, technology, and their implications for society. His best-known works include The Time Machine (1895), The War of the Worlds (1898), and Tono-Bungay (1909), as well as the nonfictional Outline of History (1920) and The Science of Life (1929-30, co-authored with G.P. Wells and Julian Huxley).