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Gods and Robots: the Ancient Quest for Artificial Life

By Mayor , Adrienne

Book information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2018
ISBN
9780691183510, 9780691185446, 0691185441
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
120 MB (125851703 bytes)
Pages
300 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION. Made, Not Born; 1 The Robot and the Witch: Talos and Medea; 2 Medea's Cauldron of Rejuvenation; 3 The Quest for Immortality and Eternal Youth; 4 Beyond Nature: Enhanced Powers Borrowed from Gods and Animals; 5 Daedalus and the Living Statues; 6 Pygmalion's Living Doll and Prometheus's First Humans; 7 Hephaestus: Divine Devices and Automata; 8 Pandora: Beautiful, Artificial, Evil; 9 Between Myth and History: Real Automata and Lifelike Artifices in the Ancient World.

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