Sublime dreams of living machines the automaton in the European imagination /
Kang, Minsoo.
Sublime dreams of living machines the automaton in the European imagination / [electronic resource] : Minsoo Kang. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011. - x, 374 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780674059412 (electronic bk.)
Robotics--Popular works.
Robotics--History.--Europe
Robots in art--History.
Popular culture--History.--Europe
Electronic books.
TJ211.15 / .K36 2011
629.8/92094
Sublime dreams of living machines the automaton in the European imagination / [electronic resource] : Minsoo Kang. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011. - x, 374 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780674059412 (electronic bk.)
Robotics--Popular works.
Robotics--History.--Europe
Robots in art--History.
Popular culture--History.--Europe
Electronic books.
TJ211.15 / .K36 2011
629.8/92094