| Authors: |
Dufty, David F.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Robotics -- Popular works.
Androids -- Popular works.
Artificial intelligence -- Popular works.
Dick, Philip K.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : H. Holt, 2012. |
| Description: |
272 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780805095517 0805095519 |
| Notes: |
Originally published: Lost in transit. Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Pub., 2011. |
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| Contents: |
A strange machine -- A tale of two researchers -- A meeting of minds -- A visit from Eva -- Simple robots -- The artist as scientist -- How to build a human head -- Life inside a laptop -- A California bungalow, 1974 -- An android in Memphis -- First, we take Chicago -- Talking in Memphis -- A carnival of robots -- Brain malfunction -- Einstein, reincarnated -- Headless. |
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| Summary: |
The stranger-than-fiction story of the creation and loss of an artificially intelligent android of science-fiction writer Philip K. Dick. Readers get a fascinating inside look at the scientists and technology that made this amazing android possible. |