H. G. Wells on Science Education 1886-1897

<p>For the decade before <em>The Time Machine</em> became a best-seller H. G. Wells was a bright lower-middle class youth trying to overcome familial pressure to become a shop clerk. His love for books and knowledge led to an ambition to become a science teacher and a participant in the scientific debates of the late 19th century. In the wake of Darwinian theories scientific study had changed but science education had remained behind. Wells's writings as a young man reveal the controversies over science education in a way that will seem familiar to educations today while at the same time showing Wells as a young writer of wit and perception.</p>