02844nam 2200745 a 450 991096207960332120200514202323.0978661266228797814742144761474214479978128266228512826622879781845208769184520876510.5040/9781474214476(CKB)2670000000031634(EBL)554588(OCoLC)648759780(SSID)ssj0000413025(PQKBManifestationID)11265396(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000413025(PQKBWorkID)10381893(PQKB)11388552(MiAaPQ)EBC554588(Au-PeEL)EBL554588(CaPaEBR)ebr10400653(CaONFJC)MIL266228(OCoLC)893334854(Perlego)809437(OCoLC)1226472138(UkLoBP)BP9781474214476BC(EXLCZ)99267000000003163420020513d2002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBodies/machines /edited by Iwan Rhys Morus1st ed.Oxford ;New York BERG20021 online resource (264 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781859736951 1859736955 9781859736906 1859736904 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 'A Great and Difficult Thing'; 3 England and the Machinery of Reason 1780 to 1830; 4 The Governor and the Telegraph; 5 A Grand and Universal Panacea; 6 'Instruments to Lay Hold of Spirits'; 7 Spot-watching, Bodily Postures and the 'Practised Eye'; 8 Bodies, Machines and Noise; Select Bibliography; IndexFrom reanimating dead bodies with electricity, which led to the introduction of the electric chair, through to the use of machines to render hysterics and the insane fit for reintroduction into society, this book conveys the truths behind our relationship with machines. It is a contribution to the contemporary debates about humans and machines. Please note that images or diagrams have been excluded from this text due to copyright restrictions.Human-machine systemsArtificial intelligenceTechnologyHistoryHuman-machine systems.Artificial intelligence.TechnologyHistory.620.8/2Morus Iwan Rhys1964-926432UtOrBLWUtOrBLWUkLoBPBOOK9910962079603321Bodies4412500UNINA