How to Build an Android


How to Build an Android: The True Story of Philip K. Dick’s Robotic Resurrection (2012) .. by David Dufty @daviddufty


Contents

Introduction … 1

1. A Strange Machine … 5

2. A Tale of Two Researchers … 14

3. A Meeting of Minds … 27

4. A Visit from Eva … 41

5. Simple Robots … 59

6. The Artist as Scientist … 73

7. How to Build a Human Head … 83

8. Life Inside a Laptop … 104

9. A California Bungalow, 1974 … 122

10. An Android in Memphis … 134

11. First, We Take Chicago … 150

12. Talking in Memphis … 178

13. A Carnival of Robots … 189

14. Brain Malfunction … 209

15. Einstein, Reincarnated .. 229

16. Headless … 246

Epilogue … 264

Acknowledgements … 269