the science of frankenstein by: cody thomas, amanda sales, gabi vincent, and aaron rosenberger
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The Science of Frankenstein
By: Cody Thomas, Amanda Sales, Gabi Vincent, and Aaron
Rosenberger
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What is Galvanism?
Galvanism- is a direct current of electricity especially when produced by chemical action
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Mary Shelley
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Frankenstein
Was a non-living thing that came to life by electricity.
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What is Frankenstein
Frankenstein is considered the first novel to be the first legitimate example of the genre we now call science fiction.
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Is Frankenstein Science Fiction or an Autobiography?
If Frankenstein is an autobiography consider the essential elements. Each is certainly drawn from Mary's life: the motherless child; the father rejecting the child; a grieving mother mourning for a dead child; a university student conducting wild experiments. For it to be Science fiction
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Real Science!
On January 26, 1781, while dissecting a frog near a static electricity machine, an assistant to Galvani, touched a scalpel to a nerve in its leg, and the frog's leg jumped. Galvani repeated this and several other experiments, observing the same violent muscle spasms.
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Frankenstein Science - May 22, 2008." The New York Sun. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. <http://www.nysun.com/opinion/frankenstein-science/76862/>.
Galvanism - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary." Merriam-Webster Online. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. <http://mw1.m-w.com/dictionary/galvanism>.
Halloween Science: The Electric Experiments That Made Frankenstein - FoxNews.com." FoxNews.com - Breaking News | Latest News | Current News. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. <http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/10/29/halloween-science-electric-experiments-frankenstein/>.
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: Science, Science Fiction, or Autobiography? Web. Nov. 18, 2010 <http://www.clas.ufl.edu/ipsa/2003/ginn.html>