Gods and robots : myths, machines, and ancient dreams of technology
Mayor, Adrienne, 1946-2018
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This title tells the fascinating untold story of how the ancients imagined robots and other forms of artificial life - and even invented real automated machines. The first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant called Talos. This wondrous machine was created not by MIT Robotics Lab, but by Hephaestus, the Greek god of invention. More than 2500 years ago, long before medieval automata, and centuries before technology made self-moving devices possible, Greek mythology was exploring ideas about creating artificial life - and grappling with still-unresolved ethical concerns about biotechne, 'life through craft.'
Main title:
Gods and robots : myths, machines, and ancient dreams of technology / Adrienne Mayor.
Author:
Mayor, Adrienne, 1946-, author
Imprint:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2018.
Collation:
296 pages ; 24 cm
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780691183510 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
1286974
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