| ISBN |
1472933737 (hardback)
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| ISBN13桁 |
9781472933737 (hardback)
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| 無効なISBN等 |
9781472933751 (ebook)
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| テキストの言語 |
英語
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| 分類：NDC10版 |
933.6
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| 個人著者標目 |
Harkup, Kathryn.
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| 本タイトル |
Making the monster :
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| タイトル関連情報 |
the science behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein /
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| 著者名 |
Kathryn Harkup.
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| 出版地・頒布地 |
London ;
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| 出版者・頒布者名 |
Bloomsbury Sigma,
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| 出版年・頒布年 |
2018.
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| 数量 |
304 pages :
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| 他の形態的事項 |
illustrations ;
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| 大きさ |
23 cm.
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| 一般注記 |
"From the author of A is for Arsenic"--Cover.
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| 書誌注記 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-296) and index.
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| 内容注記 |
Part 1. Conception: Enlightenment ; Development ; Elopement ; Nascent -- Part 2. Creation: Education ; Inspiration ; Collection ; Preservation ; Construction ; Electrification ; Reanimation -- Part 3. Birth: Life ; Death -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Timeline of events.
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| 要約、抄録、注釈等 |
The year 1818 saw the publication of one of the most influential science-fiction stories of all time. Frankenstein: Or, Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley had a huge impact on gothic horror and science fiction genres. The name Frankenstein has become part of our everyday language, often used in derogatory terms to describe scientists who have overstepped a perceived moral line. But how did a 19-year-old woman with no formal education come up with the idea for an extraordinary novel such as Frankenstein? The period of 1790?1820 saw huge advances in our understanding of electricity and physiology. Sensational science demonstrations caught the imagination of the general public, and newspapers were full of tales of murderers and resurrectionists. It is unlikely that Frankenstein would have been successful in his attempts to create life back in 1818. However, advances in medical science mean we have overcome many of the stumbling blocks that would have thwarted his ambition. We can resuscitate people using defibrillators, save lives using blood transfusions, and prolong life through organ transplants--these procedures are nowadays considered almost routine. Many of these modern achievements are a direct result of 19th century scientists conducting their gruesome experiments on the dead. Making the Monster explores the science behind Shelley's book. From tales of reanimated zombie kittens to electrical experiments on human cadavers, Kathryn Harkup examines the science and scientists that influenced Mary Shelley and inspired her most famous creation, Victor Frankenstein. While, thankfully, we are still far from being able to recreate Victor's "creature," scientists have tried to create the building blocks of life, and the dream of creating life-forms from scratch is now tantalizingly close.
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| 個人件名 |
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft,
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| 称号等 |
(Fictitious character)
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| 生没年等 |
1797-1851
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| 著作のタイトル |
Frankenstein.
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| 一般件名細目 |
Knowledge and learning
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| 統一タイトル(件名) |
Frankenstein (Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft)
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| 統一タイトル(シリーズ副出標目) |
Bloomsbury sigma series ;
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| シリーズの巻次 |
bk. 31.
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| シリーズ名・巻次 |
The Bloomsbury Sigma series ; book 31 |
| 一般件名 |
Literature and science -- History -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
Science fiction, English -- History and criticism. |
| 地名件名 |
Great Britain.
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| 資料情報1 |
『Making the monster :
the science behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein /』（The Bloomsbury Sigma series ;
book 31） Kathryn Harkup. Bloomsbury Sigma, 2018.
（所蔵館：中央
請求記号：F/933.6/S54/M
資料コード：7110699631）
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| URL |
https://catalog.library.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/winj/opac/switch-detail.do?lang=ja&bibid=1352032153 |
