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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/760974839 Title: How to build an android : the true story of Philip K. Dick's robotic resurrection Author: David F Dufty Publisher: New York : H. Holt, 2012. ISBN/ISSN: 9780805095517 0805095519 OCLC:760974839

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

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

Author:	David F Dufty
Publisher:	New York : H. Holt, 2012.
Edition/Format:	Print book : English : 1st U.S. edView all editions and formats
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.
Rating:	(not yet rated) 0 with reviews - Be the first.
Subjects	Dick, Philip K. Robotics -- Popular works. Androids -- Popular works. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Popular works
Named Person:	Philip K Dick; Philip K Dick
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	David F Dufty Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780805095517 0805095519
OCLC Number:	760974839
Notes:	Originally published: Lost in transit. Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Pub., 2011.
Description:	272 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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.
Other Titles:	Lost in transit
Responsibility:	David F. Dufty.
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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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