In the beginning of the novel, the reader is shown the fascination that people from the era had over electricity and scientific study. Science changed the way of thinking for the 1800's. The belief in scientific exploration and experimentation grew stronger than the belief of spiritual guidance. When Victor attends school in Ingolstadt, he meets two professors, M. Krempe and M. Waldman. Frankenstein listens in on Professor Waldman's lecture over philosophy, and he explains, "But these philosophers, whose hands seem only made to dabble in dirt, and their eyes to pour over the microscope or crucible, have indeed performed miracles They have acquired new and almost unlimited powers; they can command the thunders of heaven, mimic the earthquake, and even mock the Invisible world with its own shadows." (Shelley 28-29) Waldman reflects on the ideas of man harvesting the powers of the earth for himself. In this quote, you start to get a feel for what Victor must have been thinking when he decided to create the monster. This idea of "unlimited powers" and miracles being performed encourages Victor's excitement. In the science world of the twenty- first century, Hilary Englert, a scientific author, wrote her scientific analysis over Mary Shelley's reason behind Victor's character, in Science and Technology in Frankenstein. Englert explains that, "Shelley paints victor as a proponent of Galvanism – that is, the science of generating life by use of electrical current (Victor's) materialist propensities come into clear focus as he describes animating the creature" (Englert). There are few influential people in this time period who are trying to experiment with electricity, as it was still very much new. Shelley saw the opportunity to create this horror story of how scary a changing world could be and how scary change to scientific study can be. Through the story we see how Victor believes that he could create a human being through science.