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seems to me that 's book , like other novels and stories with a similar
theme, is not a warning about the misuse of science or about "," but a direct attack
on science itself. Frankenstein is called a Gothic novel, but it is also
very much a sci-fi novel. It seems intended to warn readers that scientific investigation is a
threat to mankind. The book was published at a time when science was beginning to call the Bible
into question. Notably, scientists were asserting that the earth was billions of years old,
rather than only some six thousand years old as stated in "Genesis." As science grew
in influence, traditional religious belief was being undermined, and this conflict continues to
our day. Frankenstein is one of many works ofwhich imply that scientific
inquiry is potentially very dangerous by telling about a scientist who causes a disaster through
his well-intentioned experiments.is probably the prototype of all the so-called...
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