Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology by Adrienne Mayor

Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology

Adrienne Mayor

304 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history science technology adventurous fast-paced

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The fascinating untold story of how the ancients imagined robots and other forms of artificial life—and even invented real automated machines The first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant called Talos. This wondrous machine was created not...

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