So where did the idea of using an artificial electrical impulse to control the heartbeat begin? Well, as with most scientific progress, there’s a long chain of contributors, but I want to talk today about a transformational role played by an inquisitive man from Minneapolis, Minnesota named Earl Bakken; and the inspiration he got from a movie he saw when he was just a little boy.

Listen To find out more about:

•  How Mary Shelly's Frankenstein influenced the invention of the pacemaker.
• The Life of Mary Shelly, and the circumstances that lead to her writing Frankenstein 
• How Earl Bakken and other scientists  invented the pacemaker
• Earl Bakken (credited inventor of the pacemaker) and his life
• The first battery and how it was invented

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Sources

REFERENCES/ADDITIONAL READING:

Tufts Now: Think you know your Frankenstein?

Thought Co: Frankenstein Themes, Symbols, and Literary Devices

Sparknots: Frankenstein

New York Times: Earl E Bakken Obituary 

Eetimes: Pacemaker was born of a blackout

Csoonline: What are the security implications of Elon Musk’s neuralink?

NBC News: Elon Musk’s Neuralink puts Chips in Pigs Brains

Encyclopeida: Luigi Galvani

Health Grades: Pacemakers

Heart: Pacemaker

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