When reading novels about time travel, invisibility, and extraterrestrial beings, one would most likely assume that these novels were written in the present day. Interestingly, novels on these scientific topics were written by author HG Wells in the late 19th century. HG Wells is known as "a man ahead of his time," credited with writing novels about advanced scientific concepts that had never crossed the minds of anyone else who lived during his lifetime. In addition to his scientific knowledge, HG Wells was also very politically savvy. Although HG Wells is not known as much for his politics as for his sciences, many of his novels include examples of his political views, and others serve as complete allegories for his political ideas. What scientific and political elements did HG Wells include in his novels and what inspired him to do so? Wells is often credited with inventing the science fiction genre and is known as one of the fathers of science fiction. Wells's inspiration for writing about scientific elements came from his background in science, particularly biology. Wells studied at several schools in his early life, but most of his scientific training came from the Normal School of Science in South Kensington, where he studied biology under Professor Thomas Henry Huxley (Bergman). Huxley was an early proponent of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection and he passed his knowledge on to Wells. This background in biology had a huge impact on Well's life. Huxley completely changed Wells' conservative way of thinking and even influenced his conversion from Christianity to atheism. 'After studying under Huxley, 'Darwinian evo...... middle of paper ......Web. May 15, 2014. Mac Adam, Alfred. "Introduction." Introduction. The War of the Worlds. New York: Barnes & NobleClassics, 2004. XIII-Xxi. Print.Mac Adam, Alfred. “Realistic fantasy.” Introduction. The time machine and the invisible man. New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003. xiii-xviii. Print.Redd, Nola Taylor. "Einstein's Theory of General Relativity." Espace.com. September 18, 2012. Web. Rollyson, Carl. “HG Wells.” Magill'S Survey Of World Literature, revised edition (2009): 1-7. Literary reference center. Internet. DA.Wells, HG “The Invisible Man”. The Time Machine and the Invisible Man. New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003. 85-226. Print.Wells, HG “The Time Machine”. The Time Machine and the Invisible Man. New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003. 3-83. Print.Wells, HG The War of the Worlds. New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2004. Print.