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(4.29) | None | 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.… (more) |
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. ▾Conversations (About links) No current Talk conversations about this book. » Add other authors Author name | Role | Type of author | Work? | Status | Mary Shelley | — | primary author | all editions | calculated | Bear, Elizabeth | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Doctorow, Cory | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Douglas, Heather E. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Finn, Ed | Editor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Guston, David H. | Editor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Johnston, Josephine | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | MacCord, Kate | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Maienschein, Jane | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Mellor, Anne K. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Nordmann, Alfred | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Robert, Jason Scott | Editor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Robinson, Charles E. | Introduction | secondary author | all editions | confirmed |
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No work of literature has done more to shape the way humans imagine science and its moral consequences than Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus, Mary Shelley's remarkably enduring tale of creation and responsibility. | |
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Even with increasing efforts to create structures through which scientists can address the thorny problems that can arise when pursuing new scientific and technical capacities, technical sweetness can still blind them to the need to reflect on the implications of their work and the imperative to act, before completion, to ameliorate the impact of success. (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.) | |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in EnglishNone ▾Book descriptions 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. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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