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Making the Monster

the Science Behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
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Oct 22, 2018Paulie_2 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
"Making the Monster" takes you into the Romantic social circle of the Shelleys and Lord Byron and lays bare the 'shocking' practices and 'electrifying' discoveries of 19th-Century scientific endeavour. Harkup compares the science in "Frankenstein" and its subsequent interpretations with the science of its time and the advances made today whilst weaving in the Romantic and tragic tale of Frankenstein's creator, Mary Shelley.