Raising the Dead: The Men Who Created Frankenstein - Couverture souple

Dougan, Andy

 
9781780275017: Raising the Dead: The Men Who Created Frankenstein
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ISBN 10 : 1780275013 ISBN 13 : 9781780275017
Editeur : Birlinn Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, Frankenstein, introduced readers around the world to the concept of raising the dead through scientific procedures. Those who read the book were thrilled by this incredible Gothic adventure. Few, however, realised that Shelley's story had a basis in fact. What she imagined as her modern Prometheus was a serious pursuit for some of the greatest minds of the early 19th century. It was a time when scientists genuinely believed, as Frankenstein did, that they could know what it feels like to be God.

Raising the Dead is the story of the science of galvanism - named after the Italian scientist Luigi Galvini who had conducted the original experiments - a movement that investigated the theory of 'animal electricity', a unifying vital spirit that animates us all, its leaders believing that they stood on the brink of immortality.

While they ultimately failed in this challenge, their studies mapped out the nervous system and made valuable and enduring contributions to modern-day medical knowledge and understanding - from theorising the concept of the modern-day defibrillator, and 'deep brain stimulus' which is used to treat personality disorders, to experimental procedures involving the use of microchip-controlled devices to bridge damaged spinal nerves.

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À propos de l?auteur

Andy Dougan is the author of the Sunday Times best-seller, Dynamo: Defending the Honour of Kiev, which was long-listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year and is the author The Hunting Man and acclaimed biographies of Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, and Martin Scorsese. He is a freelance writer based near Glasgow.

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Éditeur
Birlinn Ltd
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1780275013
ISBN 13 
9781780275017
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781841586700: Raising the Dead: The Men Who Created Frankenstein

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ISBN 10 :  1841586706 ISBN 13 :  9781841586700
Editeur : Birlinn Ltd, 2008
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