Living Dolls

Informationen zum Autor Gaby Wood was born in 1971. She read French at Cambridge University and is the author of a short work of non-fiction! The Smallest of All Persons Mentioned in the Records of Littleness . She has contributed to the Guardian and the London Review of Books ! and is now a staff writer on the Observer . Living Dolls is her first full-length book. Klappentext It tells the remarkable story of men who wanted to play God - of the inventors and magicians who laboured for centuries to simulate life mechanically.'A meticulous account of the search for mechanical life . Living Dolls by Gaby Wood, described by Joyce Carol Oates as 'A treasure trove of marvels and information. Wittily and cogently written, this unusual cultural analysis provides us with unsettling insights into our historic fascination with human simulacra through the centuries.' Zusammenfassung It tells the remarkable story of men who wanted to play God - of the inventors and magicians who laboured for centuries to simulate life mechanically. 'A meticulous account of the search for mechanical life .

Product details

• Authors: Gaby Wood, Gaby (Literary Editor) Wood, Wood Gaby
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.03.2003
• EAN: 9780571214662
• ISBN: 978-0-571-21466-2
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; History: specific events & topics, HISTORY / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Inventions, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Robotics, History: specific events and topics, Inventions and inventors, Antiques & collectables: toys, games & models, Inventors; Robots; Technology; Toys