@article{806412,
      recid = {806412},
      author = {Perkowitz, Sidney, and Mueller, Eddy von,},
      title = {Frankenstein : how a monster became an icon, the science  and enduring allure of Mary Shelley's creation /},
      pages = {xvi, 239 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :},
      abstract = {The tale of a tormented creature created in a laboratory  began in 1816 in the imagination of Mary Wollstonecraft  Shelley.  Since its publication in 1818 "Frankenstein, or  the Modern Prometheus" has spread around the globe through  every possible medium and variation..  Yet in it's long  history, Frankenstein's central premise - that science, not  magic or God, can create a living being, and thus these  creators must answer for their actions - is  most relevant  today as scientists approach creating synthetic life.  In  its popular and cultural weight and its expression of the  ethical issues raised by the advance of science, physicist  Sidney Perkowitz and film expert Eddy Von Mueller have  brought together scholars and scientists, artists and  directors  to celebrate and examine Mary Shelley's creation  and its legacy as the monster moves into his next century.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/806412},
}