Robots in fiction and films
(2011)
Nonfiction
Book
Series:
Call Numbers:
J/629.892/PARKER,S
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Mankato, MN : Amicus, [2011]
©2011
©2011
DESCRIPTION
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781607530732 (library binding), 1607530732 (library binding), 9781599205151 (library binding), 1599205157 (library binding), 9781607530732
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Robo-stars -- The original robots -- Robots take off -- Imaginary laws -- How robot stories change -- Real or pretend? -- What robots look like -- Robots and computers -- Goodies, baddies, and funnies -- Robots with feelings and emotions -- Robot or human? -- When robots are stars -- Future fiction
"Discusses how robots are featured in popular culture, including films and fiction. Also discusses real and imagined advances in robotics, and how realistically the technology is represented"--Provided by publisher