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Giovanni Aldini (10 April 1762 – 17 January 1834) was an Italian physician and physicist born in Bologna. He was a brother of the statesman Count Antonio Aldini (1756–1826). He graduated in physics at University of Bologna in 1782.
- 17 January 1834 (aged 71)
- 10 April 1762, Bologna, Papal States
Nov 20, 2017 · Meet Dr. Giovanni Aldini — The Man Whose Experiments Inspired ‘Frankenstein’. By Katie Serena | Edited By John Kuroski. Published November 20, 2017. Updated December 18, 2017. The disturbed Dr. Victor Frankenstein had his real-life roots in Dr. Giovanni Aldini. Wikimedia Commons Dr. Giovanni Aldini.
Oct 20, 2022 · The Sciences. Giovanni Aldini: This Real-Life Dr. Frankenstein Electrified the Dead. The idea that electricity could be used to jumpstart life doesn't just come from fiction. Like Dr. Frankenstein, Aldini's grisly experiments sought to prove that it's possible to revive the dead. By Sara Novak. Oct 20, 2022 7:00 AMOct 29, 2022 10:26 AM.
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Aldini used Volta's bimetallic pile to apply electric current to dismembered bodies of animals and humans; these spectacular galvanic reanimation experiments made a strong and enduring impression on his contemporaries.
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- 2004
Jan 17, 2023 · JANUARY 17, 2023. Giovanni Aldini, an Italian physicist, died Jan. 17, 1834, at the age of 71. Aldini was the nephew of Luigi Galvani, who in the 1780s performed experiments on dead frogs and discovered...
Oct 26, 2018 · The experiments were to be carried out by the Italian natural philosopher Giovanni Aldini, the nephew of Luigi Galvani, who discovered “ animal electricity ” in 1780, and for whom the field of...
5 days ago · Several years later, Galvani’s nephew, the physicist Giovanni Aldini, combined his uncle’s discoveries with those of Alessandro Volta (the inventor of the first electric battery) to stage a series of dramatic experiments and demonstrations around Europe. Before crowds of astonished onlookers, he used electric currents to stimulate motion in ...
