Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus : : annotated for scientists, engineers, and creators of all kinds / / Mary Shelley ; edited by David H. Guston, Ed Finn, and Jason Scott Robert.

This new critical edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was developed by leading scholars for aspiring scientists, engineers, and medical professionals. This unique framing will make this a core text in promoting and enhancing interdisciplinary dialogue on the nature, roles, and responsibiliti...

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Superior document:The MIT Press
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : The MIT Press,, 2017.
Year of Publication:2017
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:The MIT Press
Physical Description:1 online resource (277 pages) :; digital file(s).
Notes:Previously issued in print: 2017.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Half Title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Editors' Preface: David H. Guston, Ed Finn, and Jason Scott Robert
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Volume 1
  • Volume 2
  • Volume 3
  • Introduction to Frankenstein (1831)
  • Chronology of Science and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  • Traumatic Responsibility: Victor Frankenstein as Creator and Casualty
  • I've Created a Monster! (And So Can You)
  • Changing Conceptions of Human Nature
  • Undisturbed by Reality: Victor Frankstein's Technoscientific Dream of Reason
  • Frankenstein Reframed: Or, the Trouble with Prometheus
  • Frankenstein, Gender, and Mother Nature
  • The Bitter Aftertaste of Technical Sweetness
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • Discussion Questions
  • Contributors.