How to build an android : the true story of Philip K. Dick's robotic resurrection / David F. Dufty.
By: Dufty, David F
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TextPublisher: New York : H. Holt, 2012Edition: 1st U.S. ed.General Notes: Originally published: Lost in transit. Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Pub., 2011.Description: 272 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780805095517 (hbk.); 0805095519 (hbk.).Uniform titles: Lost in transit Subject(s): Dick, Philip K | Robotics | Androids | Artificial intelligenceDDC classification: 629.8/92 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 629.892 D877 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003137197 |
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Originally published: Lost in transit. Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Pub., 2011.
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.
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.
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