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100 1 _aMayor, Adrienne,
_d1946-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aGods and robots [electronic resource]:
_bmyths, machines, and ancient dreams of technology /
_cAdrienne Mayor.
246 3 0 _aMyths, machines, and ancient dreams of technology
264 1 _aPrinceton :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c[2018]
264 4 _c©2018
300 _a1 digital resource (xvi, 275 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) :
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336 _atext
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336 _astill image
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337 _aunmediated
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338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 251-263) and index.
505 0 0 _tIntroduction: made, not born --
_tThe robot and the witch: Talos and Medea --
_tMedea's cauldron of rejuvenation --
_tThe quest for immortality and eternal youth --
_tBeyond nature: enhanced powers borrowed from gods and animals --
_tDaedalus and the living statues --
_tPygmalion's living doll and Prometheus's first humans --
_tHephaestus: divine devices and automata --
_tPandora: beautiful, artificial, evil --
_tBetween myth and history: real automata and lifelike artifices in the ancient world --
_tEpilogue. Awe, dread, hope: deep learning and ancient stories.
520 _aTraces 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.
650 0 _aRobotics
_xHistory.
650 0 _aRobots
_xMythology.
650 0 _aScience, Ancient.
650 0 _aScience and civilization.
650 0 _aTechnology
_xReligious aspects.
650 0 _aInventions
_xHistory.
650 0 _aTechnology and civilization.
650 0 _aArtificial intelligence
_xHistory.
650 0 _aArtificial intelligence
_xSocial aspects.
650 0 _aTechnology
_zRome
_xHistory.
650 0 _aTechnology
_xHistory.
650 0 _aTechnology
_zGreece
_xHistory.
650 7 _aTechnology
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650 7 _aScience, Ancient.
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655 4 _aNonfiction.
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