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From the dawn of European civilization to the twentieth century, the automaton—better known today as the robot—has captured the Western imagination and provided a vital lens into the nature of humanity. Historian Minsoo Kang argues that to properly understand the human-as-machine and... read more
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- Descartes: Add a description of this character.
- Gerbert
- Marinetti
- Albertus Magnus
- Wolfgang Von Kempelen
- Ewald
- Roussel
- Aristotle
- Maria
- Nathaniel
- Ferdinand
- Diderot
- William
- John Dee
- Jarry
- Jean Paul
- Rousseau
- Grosseteste
- Villiers
- E. T. A. Hoffmann
- Rossum
- Ludwig
- Mary
- Marcueil
- Robert Boyle
- Edison
- Cornelius Agrippa
- Rotwang
- Smythe
- Borelli
- Vaucanson
- Daedalus
- Huyssen
- Fritz Lang
- Roger Bacon
- Jentsch
- Thomas Aquinas
- Cohen
- Alquist
- Helen
- Freder
- Wilkins
- Lantier
- Rolland
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- Minsoo Kang (Author)
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- Dewey: 629.892094
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