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The Science of Frankenstein

The Science of Frankenstein. By: Cody Thomas, Amanda Sales, Gabi Vincent, and Aaron Rosenberger. What is Galvanism?. Galvanism- is a direct current of electricity especially when produced by chemical action. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.

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The Science of Frankenstein

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  1. The Science of Frankenstein By: Cody Thomas, Amanda Sales, Gabi Vincent, and Aaron Rosenberger

  2. What is Galvanism? Galvanism- is a direct current of electricity especially when produced by chemical action

  3. Mary Shelley

  4. Frankenstein Was a non-living thing that came to life by electricity.

  5. What is Frankenstein Frankenstein is considered the first novel to be the first legitimate example of the genre we now call science fiction.

  6. 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

  7. 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.

  8. We would like to thank: Engers, By Rachel. "Yale Medicine Winter 2003: Capsule." Yale Medicine Magazine | Autumn 2010. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. <http://yalemedicine.yale.edu/ym_wi03/capsule.html>. 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>

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