Author:
Mayor, Adrienne, 1946- author.
ImprintPrinceton : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Imprint2018.
Descriptionxvi, 275 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Note: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.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-263) and index.
Note:Traces 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.
Note:Recommended in Resources for College Libraries.
