The Men in the White Coats

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Oct 12, 202157:09Science & Medicine

Prof Andrea Sella on the shifting image of the scientist in popular culture, from Victor Frankenstein to Iron Man via victorious post-war boffinry and megalomanical Bond villainry. The monster unleashed by Mary Shelley i...

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