TY  - BOOK
AB  - 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.
AU  - Perkowitz, Sidney,
AU  - Mueller, Eddy von,
CN  - PR5397.F73
CN  - PR5397.F73
ET  - First Pegasus Books edition.
ID  - 806412
KW  - Science in literature.
KW  - Science in popular culture.
N2  - 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.
SN  - 9781681776293
SN  - 1681776294
T1  - Frankenstein :how a monster became an icon, the science and enduring allure of Mary Shelley's creation /
TI  - Frankenstein :how a monster became an icon, the science and enduring allure of Mary Shelley's creation /
ER  -