Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has been scaring readers since 1818. But what inspired the book’s overconfident doctor, who believes he can coax life from death? As Sharon Ruston explains for Public ...
In 1818 Mary Shelley published “Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus.” In the novel, Frankenstein brings a creature to life with a "spark of being." Grotesque experiments with electricity and ...
Galvanism – the contraction of muscle stimulated by an electric current – was named after 18th Century scientist Luigi Galvani who investigated the effect of electricity on dissected animals. These ...
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