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{{Short description|1938 collection of essays by H. G. Wells}}
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| image             = World Brain HG Wells 1938.jpg
| author            = [[H. G. Wells]]
| pub_date          = 1938
| caption           = First edition cover
| publisher         = [[Methuen Publishing]]
}}
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{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}

'''''World Brain''''' is a collection of essays and addresses by the English science fiction pioneer, [[social reform]]er, evolutionary biologist and historian [[H. G. Wells]], dating from the period of 1936–1938.<ref name=WB38>Wells, H.G. (1938). ''World Brain''. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd.; Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110728200457/http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/w/wells/hg/world_brain/complete.html Ebook: World Brain]</ref> Throughout the book, Wells describes his vision of the World Brain: a new, free, synthetic, authoritative, permanent "World [[Encyclopaedia]]" that could help [[Global citizenship|world citizen]]s make the best use of universal [[Source text|information resources]] and make the best contribution to [[world peace]].