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Frankenstein: Annotated for Scientists, Engineers, and Creators of All Kinds (2017)

by Mary Shelley

Other authors: Elizabeth Bear (Contributor), Cory Doctorow (Contributor), Heather E. Douglas (Contributor), Ed Finn (Editor), David H. Guston (Editor)7 more, Josephine Johnston (Contributor), Kate MacCord (Contributor), Jane Maienschein (Contributor), Anne K. Mellor (Contributor), Alfred Nordmann (Contributor), Jason Scott Robert (Editor), Charles E. Robinson (Introduction)

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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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Mary Shelleyprimary authorall editionscalculated
Bear, ElizabethContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Doctorow, CoryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Douglas, Heather E.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Finn, EdEditorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Guston, David H.Editorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Johnston, JosephineContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
MacCord, KateContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Maienschein, JaneContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Mellor, Anne K.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Nordmann, AlfredContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Robert, Jason ScottEditorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Robinson, Charles E.Introductionsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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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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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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