Shelleys

The Royal Institution by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (c. 1838). Credit: Wiki Commons Sir Humphry Davy (1778–1829) is usually remembered as the inventor of a revolutionary miner's safety lamp. But his wild popularity came as much from his influence on popular culture as it did from his contributions to chemistry and applied science. In…

Like her titular protagonist, when Mary Shelley published Frankenstein in 1818, she knew not what she had wrought into the world. Her tale of science taken too far birthed what many consider the first science fiction novel… and what some don’t. As it turns out, there are several tales told before the 19th century that…Read more... Like her titular protagonist, when Mary Shelley published Frankenstein in 1818, she knew not what she had wrought into the world. Her tale of science taken too far birthed what many consider…