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

byAdrienne Mayor

Gods and Robots is Adrienne Mayor's historical account of myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology. Moving between close detail and context, the book explains the forces surrounding its subject and connects them to the connected fields of history and social science. Attention to evidence keeps the discussion anchored while allowing disagreement, uncertainty, and unintended consequences to remain visible. Readers finish with a sharper understanding of the subject and why its consequences still deserve attention. The emphasis stays on explanation, context, and the lived consequences behind the larger argument.

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Publication date

Nov 27, 2018

Format

Print edition

Pages

304

ISBN

9780691183510