Medieval robots took such forms as talking statues, mechanical animals, or silent metal guardians; some served to entertain or instruct while others performed surveillance or discipline. Medieval Robots explores the forgotten history of real and imagined machines that captivated Europe from the ninth through the fourteenth centuries.
Medieval robots took such forms as talking statues, mechanical animals, or silent metal guardians; some served to entertain or instruct while others performed surveillance or discipline. Medieval Robots explores the forgotten history of real and imagined machines that captivated Europe from the ninth through the fourteenth centuries.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
E. R. Truitt is Associate Professor of History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Abbreviations Introduction. The Persistence of Robots: An Archaeology of Automata Chapter 1. Rare Devices: Geography and Technology Chapter 2. Between Art and Nature: Natura artifex, Neoplatonism, and Literary Automata Chapter 3. Talking Heads: Astral Science, Divination, and Legends of Medieval Philosophers Chapter 4. The Quick and the Dead: Automata, Memorial Statues, and Corpses Chapter 5. From Texts to Technology: Mechanical Marvels in Courtly and Public Pageantry Chapter 6. The Clockwork Universe: Keeping Sacred and Secular Time Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations Introduction. The Persistence of Robots: An Archaeology of Automata Chapter 1. Rare Devices: Geography and Technology Chapter 2. Between Art and Nature: Natura artifex, Neoplatonism, and Literary Automata Chapter 3. Talking Heads: Astral Science, Divination, and Legends of Medieval Philosophers Chapter 4. The Quick and the Dead: Automata, Memorial Statues, and Corpses Chapter 5. From Texts to Technology: Mechanical Marvels in Courtly and Public Pageantry Chapter 6. The Clockwork Universe: Keeping Sacred and Secular Time Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
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