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200th Anniversary of Frankenstein

By Paula Nemes | January 22, 2018

I’m a big fan of National Public Radio’s “Science Friday”(Sci-Fri) program, and am very excited that they have a science book club that everyone is welcome to join.

Currently, they are reading Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Although published 200 years ago, the themes are still relevant today.

Check out Sci-Fri’s website: https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/the-scifri-book-club-frankenstein/ for some great background information, and go to Frankenbook.org to read Frankenstein annotated by scientists,  plus several excellent essays related to modern scientific inquiry.

A wrap-up discussion with author Elizabeth Bear will be aired on Science Friday on Feb. 9th.

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