Automaton

Author: Gary Crew

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  • : 29.99 NZD
  • : 9780734406934
  • : Hachette Australia
  • : Lothian Children's Books
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  • : January 2006
  • : 258mm X 241mm X 8mm
  • : Australia
  • : 34.99
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Description

Following his invention of the light bulb and recorded sound, Thomas Edison turned his genius to the invention of a doll which could speak and walk. When assembled the doll weighed almost 10 kilos and Edison buried this failure in the grounds of his factory. Here is a modern parable warning about the age of dehumanising automation. Ages 10+.