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Frankenstein's Footsteps: Science, Genetics and Popular Culture
by Jon Turney
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Yale University Press (1998-05-25)
ISBN: 0300074174
EAN: 9780300074178
Dewy Decimal #: 303.483
Hardcover: 286 pages
SKU: 070921009
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: This First Edition, full line of numbers 1-10, Ex-Library copy is in excellent condition. There are the usual library stamps/stickers. Otherwise, no visible markings, highlights, underlining, tears. Nice,clean tight text and spine. Glossy Black & White photos in the middle of copy. Clean Hard cover. Dust Jacket is protected by Mylar plastic. Minimum shelf/edge wear. (I 72)
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Product Description
This important book traces the depiction of biological science in literature, film, and journalism from Mary Shelley`s Frankenstein to Spielberg`s Jurassic Park, exploring how familiar representation of scientific progress has influenced the public perception of it. Jon Turney calls for new stories that will help us view the innovations of the biotechnological age from a more positive perspective.
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Customer Reviews
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not bad; but certainly not great, either.
Rating  (2)
Date: 1999-03-26
1 out of 14 customers found this reveiw helpful
This was an interesting book. It tried to give you the entire history of frankenstein. This means how it afects you in every way since it was written. A nice idea, but not well written. It is long and a little boring. It is also repetitive. It reads more like a phone book, than a non-fiction literary work. I was not pleased at all. In fact, I would not purchase anything else by this author(Mr. Jon Turney) ever again. I thought he could have been a lot more interesting and exciting, if he had really tried.
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