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So, many of you may remember that back in June of 2016, I was invited to the Brocher Institute<\/a> in Hermance, Switzerland, on the shores of Lake Geneva, to take part in the Frankenstein’s Shadow Symposium sponsored by Arizona State University\u2019s Center for Science and the Imagination as part of their Frankenstein Bicentennial project<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While there, I and a great many other thinkers in art, literature, history, biomedical ethics, philosophy, and STS got together to discuss the history and impact of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.<\/em> Since that experience, the ASU team compiled and released a book project: A version of Mary Shelley’s seminal work that is filled with annotations and essays, and billed as being “For Scientists, Engineers, and Creators of All Kinds.”<\/a><\/p>\n

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[Image of the cover of the 2017 edited, annotated edition of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, “Annotated for Scientists, Engineers, and Creators of All Kinds.”]<\/p><\/div>Well, a few months ago, I was approached by the organizers and asked to contribute to a larger online interactive version of the book\u2014to provide an annotation on some aspect of the book I deemed crucial and important to understand. As of now, there is a full functional live beta version of the website, and you can see my contribution and the contributions of many others, there.<\/a><\/p>\n

From the About Page<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Frankenbook<\/i> is a collective reading and collaborative annotation experience of the original 1818 text of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus<\/i>, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. The project launched in January 2018, as part of Arizona State University\u2019s celebration of the novel\u2019s 200th anniversary. Even two centuries later, Shelley\u2019s modern myth continues to shape the way people imagine science, technology, and their moral consequences. Frankenbook<\/i> gives readers the opportunity to trace the scientific, technological, political, and ethical dimensions of the novel, and to learn more about its historical context and enduring legacy.<\/p>\n

To learn more about Arizona State University\u2019s celebration of Frankenstein’s bicentennial, visit frankenstein.asu.edu<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You’ll need to have JavaScript enabled and ad-blocks disabled to see the annotations, but it works quite well. Moving forward, there will be even more features added, including a series of videos. Frankenbook.org<\/a> will be the place to watch for all updates and changes.<\/p>\n

I am deeply honoured to have been asked to be a part of this amazing project, over the past two years, and I am so very happy that I get to share it with all of you, now. I really hope you enjoy it.<\/p>\n

Until Next Time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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