Sublime dreams of living machines the automaton in the European imagination / Minsoo Kang.

Author/creator Kang, Minsoo
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,
Descriptionx, 374 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2010019045
ISBN9780674049352 (alk. paper)

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