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Frankenstein and the Birth of Science Joel Levy

Frankenstein and the Birth of Science von Joel Levy

Frankenstein and the Birth of Science Joel Levy

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Zusammenfassung

An insight into the world of science in late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth-century Europe, through the prism of Mary Shelley's seminal novel.

Frankenstein and the Birth of Science Zusammenfassung

Frankenstein and the Birth of Science: The Era of Ingenuity that Electrified Science and Fiction Joel Levy

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was conceived against the backdrop of rapid change in the scientific world. Frankenstein and the Birth of Science offers an engrossing insight into the world of science in late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth-century Europe, through the prism of the seminal science fiction novel.

Illustrated with line drawings, it reveals how the monster was conceived, suggests the real-life basis for Victor Frankenstein and describes in vivid detail the experiments that might have led to the Creature's birth. It also looks at incarnations of the monster since the book was published and modern interpretations of the 'mad scientist', as well as looking ahead to permanent bionic limbs, implants and other wonders.

Frankenstein and the Birth of Science looks back at science's progress and forward to its potential.

Frankenstein and the Birth of Science Bewertungen

'A celebration of an enduring classic ... [An] entertaining analysis ... Presents the novel as a portrayal of high-Romantic 'gonzo science' and science fiction' Nature.
'Levy brings the discussion up to date ... Valuable for any Frankenfan ... Deepens your understanding of a book that remains essential reading' Fortean Times.

Über Joel Levy

Joel Levy is a writer and journalist specialising in science, nature and technology for younger audiences. His writing explores both mainstream science and weird technology, from chemistry and physics to death-rays and biomimetic robots. After taking degrees in molecular biology and psychology at Warwick and Edinburgh, he has gone on to write books including Really Useful, the science and history of everyday technology; Poison: A Social history, on the science and lore of poisons; Newton's Notebooks, on the life and discoveries of Isaac Newton; Phobiapedia, an encyclopaedia of the things that scare us most; and A Bee in a Cathedral, exploring analogies and thought experiments in science, nature and technology.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Romanticism in Science - the creativity and genius of the age * Man or beast: the place of man in nature * Chemical revolution: getting high and losing your head * Electric fluids and animal spirits: Galvanism, voltaic piles, electrochemistry and the start of a new era * The spark of life: the vitalism debate and reanimation * Mesmerism, hypnosis, phrenology and the dawn of psychology * Operating Theatre Live: contemporary surgical procedures * Raised from the dead * Bodysnatchers: spare parts and dissections * To the ends of the Earth: polar exploration and the frozen wastes * The party at the lake: genesis of horror * Tracking down the real Frankenstein * The creature and the soul: identity, mind and body * Frankenstein's monster in popular culture * The ultimate mad scientist: Frankenstein as archetype * Reanimation and future science.

Zusätzliche Informationen

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Frankenstein and the Birth of Science: The Era of Ingenuity that Electrified Science and Fiction Joel Levy
Joel Levy
Gebraucht - Sehr Gut
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Welbeck Publishing Group
20180111
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