How to Build an Android : The True Story of Philip K. Dick's Robotic Resurrection

Dufty, David

ISBN 10: 0805095519 / ISBN 13: 9780805095517

Published by Henry Holt & Company, New York, 2012

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New York: Holt, 2012. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 272 pp. "You've got to love a book that includes physics-lecturing fish, android Einsteins, and researchers intent on building robot replicas of their wives and girlfriends. Not to mention Philip K. Dick himself." (Alex Boese) New in new dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover. Seller Inventory # 018878

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Title: How to Build an Android : The True Story of ...

Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, New York

Publication Date: 2012

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Dust Jacket Condition: New

Edition: First Edition

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Synopsis:

How to Build an Android : The stranger-than-fiction story of the ingenious 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.

About the Author:

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.