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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.[1] 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. Plans for creating a global knowledge network long predate Wells. Andrew Michael Ramsay described, c. 1737, an objective of freemasonry as follows:[2] ... to furnish the materials for a Universal Dictionary ... By this means the lights of all nations will be united in one single work, which will be a universal library of all that is beautiful, great, luminous, solid, and useful in all the sciences and in all noble arts. This work will augment in each century, according to the increase of knowledge. The Encyclopedist movement

World Brain - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1938 collection of essays by H. G. Wells "World Encyclopedia" redirects here. For the encyclopedia, see Heibonsha World Encyclopedia . World Brain First edition cover Author H. G. Wells Publisher Methuen Publishing Publication date 1938 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. [ 1 ] Throughout the book, Wells describes his vision of the World Brain: a new, free,

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