Davy’s famous lectures on the animating power of electricity may have inspired a young Mary Shelley as she came up with the idea for Frankenstein.
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Poets and scientists don’t occupy separate poles in the quest to understand the universe. In many ways, they sing from the same hymn sheet.
The likes of Charles Darwin and Humphry Davy weren’t always seen as the powerful, authoritative heroes they’re portrayed as today.
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