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University Place

Biomedicine and Mary Shelley's Monster

Special | 52m 19s

Shelley's Frankenstein articulates the human dilemma of modern science.

Aired 11/18/2009 | Rating TV-G

University Place

Biomedicine and Mary Shelley's Monster

Special | 52m 19s

Shelley's Frankenstein articulates the human dilemma of modern science.

Susan Lederer Professor, Department of Medical History and Bioethics, UW-Madison. Lederer examines how the myth and metaphor of "Frankenstein" articulate the human dilemma of modern science. She offers a historical overview of scientific research from Shelley's day, when the smallpox vaccination revolutionized immunology, to today's cutting-edge scientific developments.

Aired 11/18/2009 | Rating TV-G

University Place is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

University Place is made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

University Place

Biomedicine and Mary Shelley's Monster

Special | 52m 19s

Susan Lederer Professor, Department of Medical History and Bioethics, UW-Madison. Lederer examines how the myth and metaphor of "Frankenstein" articulate the human dilemma of modern science. She offers a historical overview of scientific research from Shelley's day, when the smallpox vaccination revolutionized immunology, to today's cutting-edge scientific developments.

Aired 11/18/2009 | Rating TV-G

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