Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
Description |
272 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Note |
Originally published: Lost in transit. Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Pub., 2011. |
Summary |
The stranger-than-fiction story of the creation and loss of an artificially intelligent android of science-fiction writer Philip K. Dick. Readers get a fascinating inside look at the scientists and technology that made this amazing android possible. |
Contents |
A strange machine -- A tale of two researchers -- A meeting of minds -- A visit from Eva -- Simple robots -- The artist as scientist -- How to build a human head -- Life inside a laptop -- A California bungalow, 1974 -- An android in Memphis -- First, we take Chicago -- Talking in Memphis -- A carnival of robots -- Brain malfunction -- Einstein, reincarnated -- Headless. |
Subject |
Robotics -- Popular works.
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Androids -- Popular works.
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Artificial intelligence -- Popular works.
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Dick, Philip K.
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Added Title |
Lost in transit
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ISBN |
9780805095517 hardback $26.00 |
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0805095519 hardback |
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