When the great French philosopher, Ren?Descartes, died in 1650, a strange rumour took hold.Fact: in 1649, Descartes was travelling by ship across the North Sea to start a new life in Sweden. Rumour: one night, the crew discovered a bizarre contraption in his cabin. It was a mechanical replica of Francine, the philosopher's dead daughter. Fearing black magic, they tossed the android overboard, plunging Descartes into despair.That's where this tale begins: at the birth of a legend.As the machine sinks into the sea, it awakens in an extravagant afterlife. Guided by the mysterious sorcerer, R?er, the android girl slips in and out of Descartes's dying brain. Exploring the philosopher's life and intellectual world, this odd couple sees far into the future, heralding the birth of artificial intelligence in a time stream parallel to our own.Set at the mythical birth of modernity, Even Animals Are Machines is a Baroque-punk gem that explores the limits of intelligence and the outer limits of technology.It's about the struggle between reason and passion-and about robots, seventeenth-century style.
| Author: Andr? Vaccari |
| Publisher: Wanton Sun |
| Publication Date: Sep 30, 2024 |
| Number of Pages: NA pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 0645654302 |
| ISBN-13: 9780645654301 |
