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" Inventing iron man : "
E. Paul Zehr.
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BL
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845442
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Zehr, E. Paul.
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Inventing iron man : : the possibility of a human machine /\ E. Paul Zehr.
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| Publication Statement
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Baltimore :: Johns Hopkins University Press,, 2011.
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xvii, 206 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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1421402262
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: 9781421402260
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-196) and index.
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| Contents
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I: It's more than skin deep : Tony learns to live inside a suit of iron -- 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 -- II: Use it and lose it : will time tarnish the golden avenger? -- 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? -- III: Armored avenger in action : if we build it, what will come? -- 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?
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"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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Androids.
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Cyborgs.
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Human physiology.
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Human-machine systems.
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Androids.
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Cyborgs.
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Human physiology.
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Human-machine systems.
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Man-Machine Systems.
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Physiological Phenomena.
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| Dewey Classification
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629.8
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TJ211.Z42 2011
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2011 K-223
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TA 167
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