 First edition | |
| Editor | Jessica Riskin |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Non-fiction, Automatons, Artificial Intelligence |
| Published | 2007 (University of Chicago Press) |
| Media type | Print (hardback, paperback) |
| Pages | 389 |
| ISBN | 9780226720807 |
| OCLC | 80917572 |
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Genesis Redux has been reviewed by the Annals of Science , [1] Nature , [2] The British Journal for the History of Science , [3] and The American Historical Review . [4]
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