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In search of the real Frankenstein / directed [and produced] by Stuart Clarke.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aldini, Giovanni, 1762-1834.
- Aldini, Giovanni.
- Democritus, Christianus, 1673-1734.
- Democritus, Christianus.
- Galvani, Luigi, 1737-1798.
- Galvani, Luigi.
- Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851.
- Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft.
- Ure, Andrew, 1778-1857.
- Ure, Andrew.
- Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character).
- Resuscitation.
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (47 min.).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : A&E Television Networks, c2006.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- Examines how the experiments of four scientists--Luigi Galvani, Giovanni Aldini, Andrew Ure, and Konrad Dippel--inspired Mary Shelly's Frankenstein.
- Participant:
- Narrator: Rodd Houston.
- Notes:
- Originally produced as an episode of Decoding the past in 2006.
- Title from resource description page (viewed Dec. 13, 2013).
- OCLC:
- 867541300
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