The Invisible Man is a
science fiction novella by
H. G. Wells. Originally serialized in
Pearson's Weekly in 1897, it was published as a
novel the same year. The Invisible Man of the title is
Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into
optics and invents a way to change a body's
refractive index to that of
air so that it absorbs and
reflects no light and thus becomes
invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but fails in his attempt to reverse it.