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Warm up: respond to each question below How does technology benefit individuals and society? Give specific examples based on your experience and knowledge. Are there downsides to rapid advances in science and technology? Give specific examples and explain each one.

The Time Machine H. G. Wells

The Time Machine : Background Herbert George Wells (1866–1946) was a biologist, a teacher, a historian, and a social critic—as well as a writer of novels and short stories. After earning his degree in 1889, Wells went to work as a college biology teacher. Soon, inspired by the science fantasies of Jules Verne, Wells decided to try to write his own scientific romance.

scientific romance simplified, larger-than-life characters A hero that sets out on difficult quest The Time Machine: Background believable (although imaginary) technology scientific concepts scientific romance

Intrigued by the possibility of time travel, Wells reworked an earlier essay into The Time Machine (1895). It was an immediate success. Other popular fiction followed quickly: The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896) The Invisible Man (1897) The War of the Worlds (1898) The First Men in the Moon (1901) The Time Machine : Background

Success freed Wells to write fulltime—and, ironically, to abandon science fiction. The Time Machine : Background Millions read his best-selling history of the world, The Outline of History (1920) and other works. Wells became increasingly pessimistic. He died a year after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, discouraged about the future of humanity.

The Time Machine : Introduction Is space the final frontier?

The Time Machine: Introduction What about time?

The Time Machine: Introduction in the Time Machine he has invented. In The Time Machine a man known only as the Time Traveller, a brilliant scientist and inventor, believes humans can travel through time His friends are skeptical.

Discuss H. G. Wells was interested in the impact of scientific and technological advances on human behavior and society. The Time Machine How does technology benefit individuals and society? Are there downsides to rapid advances in science and technology?

Discuss What if time travel were actually possible? The Time Machine What dangers might time travel present for the traveler? Would there be dangers for the people in the periods the traveler visits? If so, could those dangers be avoided, and how?