Edison's Eve: A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life
During the eighteenth century, the inventor Jacques de Vaucanson created a mechanical duck that seemingly could digest and excrete its food. Get and download textbook Edison's Eve: A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life for free
Edison's Eve A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life, ISBN-13: 9780679451129, ISBN-10: 0679451129
A few decades later, Europeans fell in love with "the Turk," a celebrated chess-playing machine built in 1769. Thomas Edison was obsessed for years with making a talking mechanical doll, one of his few failures as an inventor. In our own time, scientists at MIT are trying to build a robot with emotions of its own.
What lies behind our age-old pursuit to create mechanical life? What does this pursuit tell us about human nature? In Edison's Eve Gaby Wood traces the history of robotics, from its most brilliant inventions to its most ingenious hoaxes. Joining lively anecdote with literary, Edison's Eve new edition
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Edison''''s Eve: A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life ISBN :9781400031580 Title :Edison''''s Eve: A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life Authors :Wood, Gaby Binding :Paperback Publisher :Anchor Publication Date :Jul 8 2003 Edition : Condition :Used - Acceptable may contain pemmarks and highlights Payment Due to software limitations we only accept PayPal for eBay orders. Please see payment details below. Shipping Multiple shipping options are available for this item. Se
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A few decades later, Europeans fell in love with "the Turk," a celebrated chess-playing machine built in 1769. Thomas Edison was obsessed for years with making a talking mechanical doll, one of his few failures as an inventor. In our own time, scientists at MIT are trying to build a robot with emotions of its own.
What lies behind our age-old pursuit to create mechanical life? What does this pursuit tell us about human nature? In Edison's Eve Gaby Wood traces the history of robotics, from its most brilliant inventions to its most ingenious hoaxes
few decades later, Europeans fell in love with "the Turk," a celebrated chess-playing machine built in 1769. Thomas Edison was obsessed for years with making a talking mechanical doll, one of his few failures as an inventor. In our own time, scientists at MIT are trying to build a robot with emotions of its own.
What lies behind our age-old pursuit to create mechanical life? What does this pursuit tell us about human nature? In Edison's Eve Gaby Wood traces the history of robotics, from its most brilliant inventions to its most ingenious hoaxes. Joining lively anecdote with literary,
