How to build an android the true story of Philip K. Dick's robotic resurrection
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.
| Main Author: | Dufty, David F. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
H. Holt,
2012.
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
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| 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. |
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| Item Description: |
Originally published: Lost in transit. Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Pub., 2011. |
| Physical Description: |
272 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780805095517 (hbk.) 0805095519 (hbk.) 9781250032157 (pbk.) 1250032156 (pbk.) |
| Author Notes: |
David F. Dufty is a senior research officer at the Australian Bureau of Statistics. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Memphis at the time the android was being developed and worked closely with the team of scientists who created it. He completed a psychology degree with honors at the University of Newcastle and has a PhD in psychology from Macquarie University. |