World Brain
H.G Wells
World Brain is a collection of essays and addresses by the English science fiction pioneer, social reformer, evolutionary biologist and historian H. G. Wells, dating from the period of 1936–1938. Throughout the book, Wells describes his vision of the World Brain: a new, free, synthetic, authoritative, permanent "World Encyclopaedia" that could help world citizens make the best use of universal information resources and make the best contribution to world peace.
Duration - 4h 11m.
Author - H.G Wells.
Narrator - Graham Dunlop.
Published Date - Tuesday, 23 January 2024.
Copyright - © 1938 Methuen Publishing Ltd ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
World Brain is a collection of essays and addresses by the English science fiction pioneer, social reformer, evolutionary biologist and historian H. G. Wells, dating from the period of 1936–1938. Throughout the book, Wells describes his vision of the World Brain: a new, free, synthetic, authoritative, permanent "World Encyclopaedia" that could help world citizens make the best use of universal information resources and make the best contribution to world peace. Duration - 4h 11m. Author - H.G Wells. Narrator - Graham Dunlop. Published Date - Tuesday, 23 January 2024. Copyright - © 1938 Methuen Publishing Ltd ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:11
Preface
Duration:00:19:32
I. World Encyclopaedia
Duration:00:47:15
II. The Brain Organization of the Modern World
Duration:00:58:46
III. The Idea of a Permanent World Encyclopaedia
Duration:00:08:42
IV. Passage from a Speech to the Congres Mondial de la Documentation Universelle, Paris, August 2oth, 1937
Duration:00:02:47
V. The Informative Content of Education
Duration:00:44:41
Appendix I. Ruffled Teachers
Duration:00:08:00
Appendix II. Palestine in Proportion
Duration:00:12:19
Appendix III. The Fall in America 1937
Duration:00:22:39
Appendix IV. Transatlantic Misunderstandings
Duration:00:13:31
Appendix V. The English Speaking World, As I See It
Duration:00:12:30
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:13