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Describes the human fascination with creating life as it traces the scientific research, theories, hoaxes, and inventions that presaged the evolution of contemporary robotics and experiments with artificial intelligence.
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clock maker, automaton, Hugo Cabret, magician, Design and construction, Robots, Artificial intelligence, History, New York Times reviewedTimes
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Edison's Eve: A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life
July 8, 2003, Anchor
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in English
1400031583 9781400031580
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Edison's Eve: A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life
August 13, 2002, Knopf
Hardcover
in English
- 1 Amer ed edition
0679451129 9780679451129
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"He was sure it was to be his last trip."
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This book is a brief collectins of ideas in the life of Automatons. It deals with stories and a few people that have had dealings with these creations.it is quite different in the set up, but provides an apporach to a pass idea. This book also was the inspiration for Brian Selznick's book The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
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