# Luigi Galvani
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luigi galvani ( gal-VAH-nee, US also gahl-, Italian: [luˈiːdʒi ɡalˈvaːni]; Latin: Aloysius Galvanus; 9 September 1737 – 4 December 1798) was an Italian physician, physicist, biologist and philosopher who studied animal electricity. In 1780, using a frog, he discovered that the muscles of dead frogs' legs twitched when struck by an electrical spark. This was an early study of bioelectricity, following experiments by John Walsh and Hugh Williamson.
Episode 1: Take Me Down to Electric Avenue
In this Episode Georgia and Joe talk about Gaba’s Girl, the strange history and science of reanimation, and trying to remember the plot of 80’s movies. Have Fun!
Welcome to Episode 1 Show Notes:
This is a collection of stuff that we didn’t get to in the show or talked about in the show briefly. We …
Vitalism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Vitalism, an 18th and 19th century quest for the spark of life. On a dreary night in November 1818, a young doctor called Frankenstein completed an experiment and described it in his diary: “I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark o…
Quotomania 160: Mary Shelley
Today’s Quotation is care of Mary Shelley. Listen in! Subscribe to Quotomania on quotomania.com or search for Quotomania on your favorite podcast app!
Mary Shelley is an English novelist whose work has reached all corners of the globe. Author of Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), Shel…
S4 Ep 19: Reanimations
Welcome back to another spooky season episode of The Blunt Letters podcast! This week we get into the science of reanimation. Mary Shelly based her Frankenstein story on “true events,” what were they and where are we now when it comes to restoring life to the dead? And, in light of the new Beetleju…
‘Her completely gorgeous bed of love’—Homer in English
Odyssey 10.336-407
How long do Odysseus and Circe make love to each other? What a rude and intrusive question, but science can have little regard for privacy if it is to be comprehensive. Unfortunately no one was around with a stopwatch, or any sort of atomic timepiece from a lab. But still availab…
Ep 267 - Mad Science & The 'Real' Dr Frankenstein
Ep 267 is loose! And it being spooky season, we thought we should explore another 'Universal Monster' and dive into the history of Frankenstein!
Who or what was the inspiration for Mary Shelley's great gothic novel? What crazy experiments were carried out in the pursuit of beating death? And how do…
Main Corpse | Ep 113 Spring Peeps & Galvanized Frankenstein
This week, we got into a Spring berry mood, and we're trying some new seasonal snacks!
Here's what we tried:
Strawberry Poptart peeps, S'mores chocolate dipped peeps, Little Debbie Strawberry - And Kelsey has Dr Pepper Peeps that we didn't pick up for Matt
Then, Matt sort of continues the theme of …
How Radio Waves Were Discovered
In the 1780s, an Italian physicist named Luigi Galvani made a shocking discovering when experimenting with the remains of frogs. He found that when he touched a the nerves of a frog with a lancet, and at the same time, discharged electricity from an electrostatic machine nearby, the frog legs would…
You Are Electric: The Strange Science of the Bioelectric Body | Henry Hawk
Your body is generating electricity right now.
Every heartbeat, every movement, and every signal traveling through your nervous system depends on electrical activity. But the electrical story of the human body goes much deeper than the heart and brain.
In this episode of Rooted & Wild, Henry explor…
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