So where did the idea of using an artificial electrical impulse to control the heartbeat begin? Well, as with most scientific progress, there’s a long chain of contributors, but I want to talk today about a transformational role played by an inquisitive man from Minneapolis, Minnesota named Earl Bakken; and the inspiration he got from a movie he saw when he was just a little boy.

Listen To find out more about:

• How Mary Shelly's Frankenstein influenced the invention of the pacemaker.
• The Life of Mary Shelly, and the circumstances that lead to her writing Frankenstein
• How Earl Bakken and other scientists invented the pacemaker
• Earl Bakken (credited inventor of the pacemaker) and his life
• The first battery and how it was invented

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Tufts Now: Think you know your Frankenstein?

Thought Co: Frankenstein Themes, Symbols, and Literary Devices

Sparknots: Frankenstein

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The Bakken

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Sickness In Time by MF Thomas

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Spiral by Thorr

Brenner by Falls

Chemical Chains by Empyreal Glow

Parliament’s Crisis by Cody Martin

Pins and Needles by Tide Electric

Weeping Toothcrust by Isaac Joel

Autumns by Simple Thieves

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