Androids in the Enlightenment - Mechanics, Artisans, and Cultures of the Self

Autori

• Adelheid Voskuhl

Parametri

• 296 pagine
• 11 ore di lettura

• Saggistica
• Storia
• Storia della Scienza
• Tecnologia e tecnica

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The eighteenth century saw the creation of a number of remarkable mechanical androids. The author investigates two such automata - both depicting piano- playing women. She demonstrates that only in a later age of industrial factory production did mechanical androids instill the fear that societies had become indistinguishable from machines.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2015

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