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Author:

Foulkes, Nick, author.

Title:

Automata : a brief history of the automata from ancient times to the Fée Ondine / texts by Nicholas Foulkes.

Publisher:

Éditions Xavier Barral,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

290 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Subject:

Robots--History.
Robots.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Geins. Preamble -- Matins -- Cosmogony -- Forces -- Movement -- Laudes -- Celestial Mechanics -- Alive -- Luminary -- Prime -- Theatre of Instruments -- Curiosities -- Terce -- The Human Machine -- Philosophy -- Sext -- Objects of Research -- Mechanics -- None -- Idols and Simulacra -- Time -- Vespers -- Twilight of the Fantastic -- Miniatures -- Demiurge -- Compline -- Era of Wonders -- Fictions -- Geins.

ISBN:

2365111343
9782365111348

OCLC:

(OCoLC)988855462

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)