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Frankenstein


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Your ears do not deceive you, we are back! Appropriately returning to your feeds with a rather creepy tale of this year’s Science & Fiction book club read Frankenstein. Join Mags and Jen as we discuss Victor Frankenstein as a scientist, the ethical implications of his experiments and how Frankenstein still impacts science today.


Books Mentioned:

  • Uncharmed by Lucy Jane Wood
  • His Dark Materials books by Philip Pullman
  • Witchlore by Emma Hinds

References:

  • Mags’ new PhD Instagram
  • The science behind Frankenstein blog post 
  • More info about defibrillators from the British Heart Foundation 
  • Find a defib in the UK 

Join us for our February birthday month book club book Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

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