Author | Mayor, Adrienne, 1946- |
Place | Princeton, NJ |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Collection | Ricci Institute Library |
Edition | |
Language | English |
Type | Digital Book (PDF) |
Series | |
Shelf | Digital Archives |
Call Number | BL313.M396 2018d |
Description | pdf [xvi, 275, [8] p. : ill. (some color) ; 25 cm] |
Note | Gods and robots : myths, machines, and ancient dreams of technology / Adrienne Mayor. Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-263) and index. 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] |
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ISBN | 9780691183510 ; 0691183511 |
LCCN | 2018938106 |