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001 2011000177
003 DLC
005 20120121082314.0
008 110209s2011 mdua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011000177
020 $a9781421402260 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a1421402262 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn701493121
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050 00 $aTJ211$b.Z42 2011
082 00 $a629.8$222
100 1 $aZehr, E. Paul.
245 10 $aInventing iron man :$bthe possibility of a human machine /$cE. Paul Zehr.
260 $aBaltimore :$bJohns Hopkins University Press,$c2011.
300 $axvii, 206 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [185]-196) and index.
505 0 $aOrigins of the iron knight: bionics, robotic armor, and anthropomorphic suits -- Building the body with biology: when the man of metal needs to muscle in -- Accessing the brain of the armored avenger: can we connect the cranium to a computer -- Multitasking and the metal man: how much can Iron Man's mind manage? -- Softening up a superhero: why the man with a suit of iron could get a jelly belly -- Brain drain: will Tony's gray matter give way? -- Trials and tribulations of the tin man: what happens when the human machine breaks down -- Visions of the vitruvian man: is invention really only one part inspiration? -- Deal or no deal? Could Iron Man exist?
650 0 $aCyborgs.
650 0 $aAndroids.
650 0 $aHuman physiology.
650 0 $aHuman-machine systems.