Gods and Robots: myths, machines and ancient dreams of technology
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 Pow...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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Princeton Oxford
Princeton University Press
[2018]
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| Dans: | Année: 2018 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Robotique
B Vie artificielle / Histoire B Antiquité / Robotique |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Robots-History-To 1500
B Technology-Religious aspects B Robots-Mythology B Artificial life-Mythology B Technology and civilization B Electronic books B Artificial life-History-To 1500 |
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Compte rendu Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
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| Résumé: | 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 -- EPILOGUE. Awe, Dread, Hope: Deep Learning and Ancient Stories -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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| ISBN: | 0691185441 |