what kind of scientific theories and experiments were being explored when Frankenstein was written?

Question

the novel frankenstein was written by mary shelly in the 1818s it had a gothic genre to the novel.

Answer 1

The subject of electricity's effect on the body, called the 'vitalist debate' was the major scientific theme of the book. The experiments of Luigi Galvani, who made a frog's leg twitch in an electric field and believed that electricity was integral to the body, and Alessandro Volta, who rejected this theory, were (so the story goes) the topics of discussion among Shelly's friends when she started her book.

Answer 2

The main scientific contribution to the story of Frankenstien was the study of electricity as it seemed to animate dead animals when applied to muscles. It was later understood that it was only triggering the mechanisms and had nothing to do with restoring life.