The World Set Free
First US edition | |
| Author | H. G. Wells |
|---|---|
| Original title | The World Set Free: A Story of Mankind |
| Language | English |
| Published | 1914 |
| Publisher | Macmillan & Co. (UK) E. P. Dutton (US) |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 286 |
| Text | The World Set Free at Wikisource |
The World Set Free is a novel written in 1913 and published in 1914 by H. G. Wells. The book is based on a prediction of a more destructive and uncontrollable sort of weapon than the world has yet seen. It had appeared first in serialised form with a different ending as A Prophetic Trilogy, consisting of three books: A Trap to Catch the Sun, The Last War in the World and The World Set Free.
The book was read by Leo Szilard in 1932 and aided his conception of the actual nuclear bomb.