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Inventing iron man : the possibility of a human machine / E. Paul Zehr

Author
Zehr, E. Paul
Published
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
Physical Description
xvii, 206 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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Contents
Origins 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?
Summary
"E. Paul Zehr physically deconstructs Iron Man to find out how we could use modern-day technology to create a suit of armor similar to the one Stark made"--Jacket.
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ISBN
9781421402260 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1421402262 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-196) and index.
Source of Acquisition
Engineering copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 2011.
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