The restless clock : a history of the centuries-long argument over what makes living things tick / Jessica Riskin.

Author/creator Riskin, Jessica author.
Format Book
PublicationChicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Copyright Date©2016
Descriptionxiii, 548 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Huxley's joke, or the problem of agency in nature and science -- Machines in the garden -- Descartes among the machines -- The passive telescope or the restless clock -- The first androids -- The adventures of Mr. Machine -- Dilemmas of a self-organizing machine -- Darwin between the machines -- The mechanical egg and the intelligent egg -- Outside in -- History matters.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 465-531) and index.
LCCN 2015019941
ISBN9780226302928 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBN022630292X hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBNelectronic book