Gods and robots : myths, machines, and ancient dreams of technology / Adrienne Mayor.
Title:
Gods and robots : myths, machines, and ancient dreams of technology / Adrienne Mayor.
ISBN:
9780691183510
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Publication Information:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]
©2018
Physical Description:
xvi, 275 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Contents:
Introduction: made, not born -- Robot and the witch: Talos and Medea -- Medea's cauldron of rejuvenation -- Quest for immortality and eternal youth -- Beyond nature: enhanced powers borrowed from gods and animals -- Daedalus and the living statues -- Pygmalion's living doll and Prometheus's first humans -- Hephaestus: divine devices and automata -- Pandora: beautiful, artificial, evil -- Between myth and history: real automata and lifelike artifices in the ancient world -- Epilogue. Awe, dread, hope: deep learning and ancient stories.
Summary:
Traces the story of how ancient cultures envisioned artificial life, automata, self-moving devices and human enhancements, sharing insights into how the mythologies of the past related to and shaped ancient machine innovations.
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OCLC Number:
on1060968156
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