Resultados para "Matt Cohen" en Literatura y ficción

Abraham Halevi nace en Toledo a finales del siglo XVI. Médico de profundas convicciones, cree en el progreso, la tolerancia y la convivencia entre los pueblos. Tras completar sus estudios en Montpellier, vuelve a Toledo, donde el rico mercader Juan Velázquez lo llama para que asista a su esposa en un parto muy complicado. Abraham practica una cesárea para salvarle la vida, algo extraordinario en la época. Sin embargo, su talento como médico no le impide sufrir la intolerancia religiosa.

This anthology, with an introduction by Robert Silverberg, offers a sweeping survey of robots as depicted throughout literature. Since the Iliad—in which we are shown golden statues built by Hephaestus “with minds and wisdoms”—humans have been fascinated by the idea of artificial life. From the Argonautica to the medieval Jewish legend of the Golem and Ambrose Bierce’s tale of a chess-playing robot, the idea of what robots are—and who creates them—can be drastically different.

A beautifully illustrated, celebratory anthology exploring sadness—and the transformative power of tears. When was the last time you cried? Was it because you were sad? Or happy? Overwhelmed, or frustrated? Maybe from relief or from pride? Was it in public or in private? Did you feel better...