Book ID: CBB000700853

The Robot: The Life Story of a Technology (2007)

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Nocks, Lisa (Author)


Greenwood Press


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: xxxii + 192 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Review Pedersen, Marco Nørskov (2009) Review of "The Robot: The Life Story of a Technology". Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (p. 323). unapi

Review Asaro, Peter (2009) Review of "The Robot: The Life Story of a Technology". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 890). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Achterhuis, Hans
Alac, Morana
Bensaude-Vincent, Bernadette
Carr, Nicholas G.
Chrisley, Ronald
Fren, Allison de
Journals
Social Studies of Science
Science-Fiction Studies
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
French Historical Studies
History and Technology
Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften
Publishers
Chronos
Deutscher Kunstverlag
Indiana University Press
Random House
Routledge
Concepts
Technology
Automata; robotics; cyborgs
Technology and culture
Machines
Mechanics
Human-machine interaction
People
Dick, Philip K.
Fontana, Giovanni
Heron of Alexandria; Hero of Alexandria
Kircher, Athanasius
Ihde, Aaron John
Time Periods
20th century
17th century
18th century
20th century, late
19th century
21st century
Places
Alexandria (Egypt)
Rome (Italy)
Egypt
Europe
Greece
Americas
Institutions
Staatlicher Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon (Dresden, Germany)
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