TY - BOOK AU - Dufty,David F. TI - How to build an android: the true story of Philip K. Dick's robotic resurrection SN - 9780805095517 AV - TJ211.15 .D84 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - H. Holt KW - Dick, Philip K. KW - Robotics KW - Popular works KW - Androids KW - Artificial intelligence N1 - Originally published: Lost in transit. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Pub., 2011; -- A strange machine; -- A tale of two researchers; -- A meeting of minds; -- A visit from Eva; -- Simple robots; -- The artist as scientist; -- How to build a human head; -- Life inside a laptop; -- A California bungalow, 1974; -- An android in Memphis; -- First, we take Chicago; -- Talking in Memphis; -- A carnival of robots; -- Brain malfunction; -- Einstein, reincarnated; -- Headless N2 - The stranger-than-fiction story of the 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 ER -