EAN: 9783631571101

H G WELLS IN NATURE 1893-1946 KARTONIERT (TB)

Since its foundation in 1869 Nature has consistently been the pre-eminent English-language
science journal  and for a period of over fifty years  H. G. Wells was a central feature within
its pages. In H. G. Wells in 'Nature'  John S. Partington collects all of Wells's writings in
Nature  all of the reviews of his works published by Nature  and all of the journal's reportage
that featured him. In addition to this core material  however  Partington has included the many
responses that these essays and reviews received  thereby offering the reader a uniquely
contextualised history of Wells's reception in Nature. From the first review Wells received in
1893 to his obituary notice in 1946  this volume presents a fascinating history of Wells's work
and thought as filtered through the prism of Nature. During his long career no other journal
featured Wells within its pages so consistently  and with contributions by such eminent
thinkers as Richard Gregory  E. Ray Lankester  J. S. Haldane  Lancelot Hogben  F. S. Marvin  A.
Carr-Saunders  J. B. S. Haldane  Karl Pearson and Hilaire Belloc  Nature can truly be said to
have played a key role in moulding opinion about Wells's work and thought. «John S Partington
has gone some way to making this side of his oeuvre better known with a tightly-packed volume
that collects together not only Wells's own contributions to the prestigious science magazine
Nature over more than half a century  but also responses to those contributions  as well as
reviews of his books  and other items which include his name. An excellent introduction sets
the scene generally and lucid and thorough section commentaries outline what Wells and his
reviewers were saying  and the debates that he generated.» (Tom Ruffles  NTHPosition)

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