Adrienne Mayor

Broschiertes Buch

Gods and Robots

Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology

Beschreibung

The fascinating untold story of how the ancients imagined robots and other forms of artificial life - and even invented real automated machines

Autor

Adrienne Mayor is the author of several books, including The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World and The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy, which was a finalist for the National Book Award (both Princeton). She is a research scholar in classics and the history of science at Stanford University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 131mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 302g
• ISBN-13: 9780691202266
• ISBN-10: 0691202265
• Artikelnr.: 58119643

Rezensionen

"There is much to intrigue the general reader, with enough to challenge the more academic reader."---Cath Milnes, Classics for All Reviews