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Sublime dreams of living machines [electronic resource] : the automaton in the European imagination / Minsoo Kang.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.Description: x, 374 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 629.8/92094 22
LOC classification:
  • TJ211.15 .K36 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
The power of the automaton -- The talking head and the list of wonders -- The man-machine in the world-machine, 1637-1748 -- From the man-machine to the automaton-man, 1748-1793 -- The uncanny automaton, 1789-1833 -- The living machines of the industrial age, 1833-1914 -- The revolt of the robots, 1914-1935.
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Ebook TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The power of the automaton -- The talking head and the list of wonders -- The man-machine in the world-machine, 1637-1748 -- From the man-machine to the automaton-man, 1748-1793 -- The uncanny automaton, 1789-1833 -- The living machines of the industrial age, 1833-1914 -- The revolt of the robots, 1914-1935.

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