Adrienne Mayor

Gods and Robots

Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The fascinating untold story of how the ancients imagined robots and other forms of artificial life - and even invented real automated machines

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 131mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 302g
• ISBN-13: 9780691202266
• ISBN-10: 0691202265
• Artikelnr.: 58119643

Autorenporträt

Adrienne Mayor is the author of several books, including The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World and The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy, which was a finalist for the National Book Award (both Princeton). She is a research scholar in classics and the history of science at Stanford University.

Rezensionen

"There is much to intrigue the general reader, with enough to challenge the more academic reader."---Cath Milnes, Classics for All Reviews