Androids in the Enlightenment – Mechanics, Artisans, and Cultures of the Self
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
022603416X
ISBN-13
9780226034164
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Imprint
University of Chicago Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 5th, 2015
Print length
296 Pages
Weight
432 grams
Dimensions
15.40 x 22.80 x 2.40 cms
Product Classification:
History of scienceHistory of engineering & technologyRobotics
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The eighteenth century saw the creation of a number of remarkable mechanical androids. The author investigates two such automata - both depicting piano-playing women. She demonstrates that only in a later age of industrial factory production did mechanical androids instill the fear that societies had become indistinguishable from machines.
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