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Converging Cultures Episode 1 - Electric Enlightenment

Frogs to Frankenstein

By Little Atoms - 16/06/2017

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Electricity captivated the greatest minds of the “age of wonder”. Gentlemen amateurs amazed audiences with their experiments, and some even believed electricity could conquer death itself. The young Mary Shelley was as enthralled as anyone - leading to the greatest gothic creation of all time: Frankenstein.

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