Code: 03007912
Androids in the Enlightenment - Mechanics, Artisans, and Cultures of the Self
by Adelheid Voskuhl
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 ... more
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- Number of pages: 296
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press, 2015
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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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Book category Books in English Technology, engineering, agriculture Electronics & communications engineering Electronics engineering
35.11 €
- Full title: Androids in the Enlightenment - Mechanics, Artisans, and Cultures of the Self
- Author: Adelheid Voskuhl
- Language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- Number of pages: 296
- EAN: 9780226034164
- ISBN: 9780226034164
- ID: 03007912
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Weight: 460 g
- Dimensions: 154 × 228 × 24 mm
- Date of publishing: 17. March 2015
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