Gods and Robots : Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology /

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The fascinating untold story of how the ancients imagined robots and other forms of artificial life-and even invented real automated machinesThe 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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mayor, Adrienne (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Temas:
Artificial intelligence > History.
Artificial intelligence > Social aspects.
Inventions > History.
Robotics > History.
Robots > Mythology.
Science and civilization.
Science, Ancient.
Technology and civilization.
Technology > History.
Technology > Religious aspects.
Technology > Greece > History.
Technology > Rome > History.
HISTORY / Ancient / General.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION. MADE, NOT BORN
  • CHAPTER 1. THE ROBOT AND THE WITCH: TALOS AND MEDEA
  • CHAPTER 2. MEDEA'S CAULDRON OF REJUVENATION
  • CHAPTER 3. THE QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY AND ETERNAL YOUTH
  • CHAPTER 4. BEYOND NATURE: ENHANCED POWERS BORROWED FROM GODS AND ANIMALS
  • CHAPTER 5. DAEDALUS AND THE LIVING STATUES
  • CHAPTER 6. PYGMALION'S LIVING DOLL AND PROMETHEUS'S FIRST HUMANS
  • CHAPTER 7. HEPHAESTUS DIVINE DEVICES AND AUTOMATA
  • CHAPTER 8. PANDORA: BEAUTIFUL, ARTIFICIAL, EVIL
  • CHAPTER 9. BETWEEN MYTH AND HISTORY: REAL AUTOMATA AND LIFELIKE ARTIFICES IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
  • EPILOGUE. AWE, DREAD, HOPE: DEEP LEARNING AND ANCIENT STORIES
  • GLOSSARY
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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