Research Catalog

Title

Inventing iron man : the possibility of a human machine / E. Paul Zehr.

Author

Zehr, E. Paul

Publication

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.

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Details

Description

xvii, 206 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"E. Paul Zehr physically deconstructs Iron Man to find out how we could use modern-day technology to create a suit of armor similar to the one Stark made"--Jacket.

Subject

• Cyborgs
• Androids
• Human physiology
• Human-machine systems
• Man-Machine Systems
• Physiological Phenomena

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-196) and index.

Contents

Origins of the iron knight: bionics, robotic armor, and anthropomorphic suits -- Building the body with biology: when the man of metal needs to muscle in -- Accessing the brain of the armored avenger: can we connect the cranium to a computer -- Multitasking and the metal man: how much can Iron Man's mind manage? -- Softening up a superhero: why the man with a suit of iron could get a jelly belly -- Brain drain: will Tony's gray matter give way? -- Trials and tribulations of the tin man: what happens when the human machine breaks down -- Visions of the vitruvian man: is invention really only one part inspiration? -- Deal or no deal? Could Iron Man exist?

ISBN

• 9781421402260 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 1421402262 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2011000177

OCLC

701493121

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library