Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
He won a scholarship to the Normal School of Science in London where he studied biology under TH Huxley. His interest faltered and he left without a degree in 1887. He taught in private schools for four years and finally obtained his degree in 1890. When Orson Welles broadcast a dramatised version of The War of the Worlds on American radio, it caused widespread panic, with many people evacuating their homes in the belief that New York was being invaded by aliens from another planet. Critical verdict Wells, a novelist, journalist, sociologist and historian, is often referred to as the father of science fiction.