Frankenstein and the Birth of Science: The Era of Ingenuity that Electrified Science and Fiction
Joel Levy
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Author: Joel Levy
Condition: Used, Like New
Format: Hardback
Pages: 208
Publisher: Welbeck Publishing Group
Year: 2018
ISBN: 9780233005355
Condition notes:
Careless handling at some point has meant that the first few pages of this book have been folded over and lightly creased near the side edge (this problem does not extend beyond the first chapter); otherwise new and unread
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.
