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

Dufty, David F.

ISBN 10: 0805095519 / ISBN 13: 9780805095517

Published by Henry Holt & Company, New York, 2012

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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: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st 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.