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 ; managing editors, Joey Eschrich and Mary Drago.

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 (Author). Guston, David H., (editor.). Finn, Ed, 1980- (editor.). Robert, Jason Scott, (editor.).

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ISBN: 9780262533287 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0262533286 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xxxv, 277 p. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, c2017.

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Introduction / by Charles E. Robinson -- Frankenstein, or, the modern Prometheus. Volume I -- Volume II -- Volume III -- Introduction to Frankenstein (1831) -- Chronology of science and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley -- Essays. Traumatic responsibility : Victor Frankenstein as creator and casualty / by Josephine Johnston -- I've created a monster? (and so can you) / by Cory Doctorow -- Changing conceptions of human nature / by Jane Maienschein and Kate MacCord -- Undisturbed by reality : Victor Frankenstein's technoscientific dream of reason / by Alfred Nordmann -- Frankenstein reframed; or, the trouble with Prometheus / by Elizabeth Bear -- Frandenstein, gender, and mother nature / by Anne K. Mellor -- The bitter aftertaste of technical sweetness / by Heather E. Douglas.