How to Create a Musical Monster

Hold That Thought by Washington University in St. Louis

Oct 26, 201700:12:15Science & Medicine

It’s been 200 years since Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein, the classic tale of creation gone wrong. In honor of the novel’s anniversary – and just in time for Halloween – three undergraduates at Washington University in...

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