Medieval Robots : : Mechanism, Magic, Nature, and Art / / E. R. Truitt.

A thousand years before Isaac Asimov set down his Three Laws of Robotics, real and imagined automata appeared in European courts, liturgies, and literary texts. Medieval robots took such forms as talking statues, mechanical animals, and silent metal guardians; some served to entertain or instruct wh...

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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2015]
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Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:The Middle Ages Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.) :; 36 color illus.
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