From Alexander Pope to “Splice”: a Short History of the Female Mad Scientist
The mad scientist is an icon of modern popular culture, but critics have traced its origin back centuries. Yet there seem to be few female mad scientists. Which is odd, because the first significant fictional mad scientist was a woman. Brian Aldiss, in Billion Year Spree (1973), puts the mad scientist’s origin in Mary Shelley’s…
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Jess Nevins