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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

Author
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851
Uniform Title
Frankenstein
Published
Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 2017.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Additional Creators
Guston, David H., Finn, Ed, 1980-, and Robert, Jason Scott
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Contents
Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus Vol. 1 -- Vol. 2 -- Vol. 3 -- Introduction to Frankenstein (1831) -- Chronology of Science and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley -- ESSAYS -- 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 Frankenstein's Technoscientific Dream of Reason -- Frankenstein Reframed: Or, the Trouble with Prometheus -- Frankenstein, Gender, and Mother Nature -- The Bitter Aftertaste of Technical Sweetness.
Summary
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 responsibilities of scientists and engineers in society. To be published in time for the 2018 bicentennial of its original publication, this edition will be produced in print and as an enhanced e-book. The e-book will contain the full text of the novel (in the public domain) plus all of the substantial scholarly material that was commissioned and developed for this new edition, including essays by leading scholars, and will be most valuable to students and teachers of ethics. Digital features will include include reader annotation, bookmarking, and multimedia content.
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9780262340267 (electronic bk.)
0262340267 (electronic bk.)
9780262340274 (electronic bk.)
0262340275 (electronic bk.)
9780262533287
0262533286
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