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How to build an android : the true story of Philip K. Dick's robotic resurrection

Title
How to build an android : the true story of Philip K. Dick's robotic resurrection / David F. Dufty.
Author
Dufty, David F.
Publication
New York : H. Holt, 2012.
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Description
272 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
The stranger-than-fiction story of the creation and loss of an artificially intelligent android of science-fiction writer Philip K. Dick. Readers get a fascinating inside look at the scientists and technology that made this amazing android possible.
Uniform Title
Lost in transit
Alternative Title
Lost in transit
Subject
  • Dick, Philip K
  • Robotics > Popular works
  • Androids > Popular works
  • Artificial intelligence > Popular works
Note
  • Originally published: Lost in transit. Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Pub., 2011.
Contents
A strange machine -- A tale of two researchers -- A meeting of minds -- A visit from Eva -- Simple robots -- The artist as scientist -- How to build a human head -- Life inside a laptop -- A California bungalow, 1974 -- An android in Memphis -- First, we take Chicago -- Talking in Memphis -- A carnival of robots -- Brain malfunction -- Einstein, reincarnated -- Headless.
Call Number
JSD 16-169
ISBN
  • 9780805095517
  • 0805095519
LCCN
2011043674
OCLC
2011043674
Author
Dufty, David F.
Title
How to build an android : the true story of Philip K. Dick's robotic resurrection / David F. Dufty.
Imprint
New York : H. Holt, 2012.
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
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