- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1. The Power of the Automaton
- 2. Between Magic and Mechanics: The Automaton in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
- 3. The Man-machine in the World-machine, 1637–1748
- 4. From the Man-machine to the Automaton-man, 1748–1793
- 5. The Uncanny Automaton, 1789–1833
- 6. The Living Machines of the Industrial Age, 1833–1914
- 7. The Revolt of the Robots, 1914–1935
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index


Sublime Dreams of Living Machines
The Automaton in the European Imagination
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$55.00 • £47.95 • €50.95
ISBN 9780674049352
Publication Date: 02/28/2011