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Mad Scientist #7: Joseph Faber

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Max Hartshorn

13th century Friar Albertus Magnus is said to have spent upwards of three decades engineering a mechanical head that could move and speak. So terrifying was his creation that Thomas Aquinas smashed it on first sight.1 It would take another … Continue reading →

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