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BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, The Men in the White Coats

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BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, The Men in the White Coats

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Prof Andrea Sella on the shifting image of the scientist in popular culture.
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One of the horror archetypes that we don’t talk about as much is the Mad Scientist. We’ve all got an idea in our heads of what that is, but how did that concept form in culture? What is it a shorthand for?

This program is fairly Anglo-Centric but it’s still instructive.

(Link is down below all the gifs…)

A Brief History of Mad Scientists-One of the horror archetypes that we don’t talk about as much is the Mad Scientist. We’ve a
A Brief History of Mad Scientists-One of the horror archetypes that we don’t talk about as much is the Mad Scientist. We’ve a
A Brief History of Mad Scientists-One of the horror archetypes that we don’t talk about as much is the Mad Scientist. We’ve a
A Brief History of Mad Scientists-One of the horror archetypes that we don’t talk about as much is the Mad Scientist. We’ve a
A Brief History of Mad Scientists-One of the horror archetypes that we don’t talk about as much is the Mad Scientist. We’ve a
A Brief History of Mad Scientists-One of the horror archetypes that we don’t talk about as much is the Mad Scientist. We’ve a
A Brief History of Mad Scientists-One of the horror archetypes that we don’t talk about as much is the Mad Scientist. We’ve a
A Brief History of Mad Scientists-One of the horror archetypes that we don’t talk about as much is the Mad Scientist. We’ve a
A Brief History of Mad Scientists-One of the horror archetypes that we don’t talk about as much is the Mad Scientist. We’ve a
A Brief History of Mad Scientists-One of the horror archetypes that we don’t talk about as much is the Mad Scientist. We’ve a
A Brief History of Mad Scientists-One of the horror archetypes that we don’t talk about as much is the Mad Scientist. We’ve a
A Brief History of Mad Scientists-One of the horror archetypes that we don’t talk about as much is the Mad Scientist. We’ve a
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