| Description |
xvi, 275 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: made, not born -- The robot and the witch: Talos and Medea -- Medea's cauldron of rejuvenation -- The quest for immortality and eternal youth -- Beyond nature: enhanced powers borrowed from gods and animals -- Daedalus and the living statues -- Pygmalion's living doll and Prometheus's first humans -- Hephaestus: divine devices and automata -- Pandora: beautiful, artificial, evil -- 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. |
| Summary |
Traces the story of how ancient cultures envisioned artificial life, automata, self-moving devices and human enhancements, sharing insights into how the mythologies of the past related to and shaped ancient machine innovations. |
| Subject |
Robotics -- History.
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Robots -- Mythology.
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Science, Ancient.
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Title |
Myths, machines, and ancient dreams of technology |
| ISBN |
9780691183510 (hardback) |
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0691183511 (hardback) |
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