Medieval robots : mechanism, magic, nature, and art /

A thousand years before Isaac Asimov set down his Three Laws of Robotics, real and imagined automata appeared in European courts, liturgies, and literacy 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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Main Author:	Truitt, Elly Rachel (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author:	Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]
Series:	Middle Ages series
Subjects:	Medeltiden To 1500 Automata > History > To 1500 Civilization, Medieval Imagination > History > To 1500 Machine theory > History > To 1500 Magic > History > To 1500 Mechanical engineering > History > To 1500 Mechanical toys > History > To 1500 Nature and civilization > History > To 1500 Robots > History > To 1500 Automat Fantasi > historia History Imagination Machine theory Magi > historia Magic Maskinteknik > historia Mechanical engineering Mechanical toys Mekaniska leksaker > historia Nature and civilization Robotar > historia Roboter Robots

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