Introduction: made, not born -- The robot and the witch: Talos and Medea -- Medea's cauldron of rejuvenation -- The 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.

Local access dig. pdf. [Mayor-Gods and Robots.pdf]
N.B. While the focus is on the Graeco-Roman world, there are numerous references to China and Asia, although not as detailed.

Introduction -- 1. Aims and Methods -- 2. The Social and Institutional Framework of the Chinese Sciences -- 3. The Social and Institutional Framework of Greek Science -- 4. The Fundamental Issues of Greek Science -- 5. The Fundamental Issues of the Chinese Sciences -- 6. Chinese and Greek Sciences Compared -- Appendix -- Chronology of Historical Events -- Bibliography -- Index and Glossary.

Local access dig.pdf. [Lloyd-Sivin-Way and the Word.pdf]