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Frankenstein's footsteps : science, genetics and popular culture / Jon Turney.
Publication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1998.Description: ix, 276 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0300074174 :
- Q175.5 .T87 1998
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-270) and index.
"With lucidity and serenity, Turney retells the Frankenstein story as a history of apocalyptic anxieties and preposterous prognostications. His narrative provides good cause for alert calm".--Paul Rabinow, University of California at Berkeley. 40 illustrations.
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