{"id":39300,"date":"2024-12-01T20:43:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T20:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/book-review-mayor-adrienne-gods-and-robots-myths-machines-and-ancient-dreams-of-technology\/"},"modified":"2024-12-01T20:43:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T20:43:13","slug":"book-review-mayor-adrienne-gods-and-robots-myths-machines-and-ancient-dreams-of-technology","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/book-review-mayor-adrienne-gods-and-robots-myths-machines-and-ancient-dreams-of-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Book review Mayor, Adrienne.  Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\">Start by citing the book.&nbsp; Include the author, title, place of publication, publisher, publication date, and edition (if applicable).&nbsp; Use the Chicago Manual of Style for the citation (see below).&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\">Include information about the author: his authority, reputation, and qualifications.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\">Make reference to the genre of the book?&nbsp; Is it a work of fiction or non-fiction?&nbsp; What does the author consider the book?&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\">Make reference to the point of view in which the book is written (first person, third person, etc)?<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\">Include a description of the content of the book.&nbsp; Make reference to the organization (chronological, retrospective, topical, etc).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\">Now summarize the content of the book.&nbsp; Note: Do not devote more than two pages to this.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\">Analyze!&nbsp; What does the author do well?&nbsp; What does the author not do well?&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\">Analyze! Does the book provide a window into an era?&nbsp; Why, or why not?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\">Include a conclusion which gives your overall assessment of the book.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"line-height: 24px; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"cursor: auto;\">Keep in mind the following as you prepare the review:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 24px; cursor: auto;\">A book review is a critical engagement and analysis, not a mere summary of the contents.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 24px; cursor: auto;\">Both a book and a book review will reflect the interests and perspectives of the respective authors.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 24px; cursor: auto;\">Evaluate each book on its own merits.&nbsp; Do not let the author\u2019s academic credentials, affiliations, and previous recognitions preclude a critical evaluation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 24px; cursor: auto;\">Write Well!&nbsp; This is easier said than done. Writing well is a skill gained through practice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 24px; cursor: auto;\">Do not plagiarize!&nbsp; Plagiarism will result in an \u201cF\u201d in the course.&nbsp; If you have questions or concerns about this, please contact the instructor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 24px; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"cursor: auto;\">The format for the review<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 24px; cursor: auto;\">For the review in this class you will follow the<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto;\">Chicago Manual of Style<\/em>.&nbsp; For questions please consult Kate L. Turabian<strong style=\"cursor: auto;\">,<\/strong><em style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Ninth Edition).<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/em>&nbsp;The University of Chicago Press, 2018.&nbsp; Note: If you intend graduate work in the Humanities, then you should purchase the manual.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 24px; cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Specifications:&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>Double-spaced, font Size 12, Times New Roman or Calibri script.&nbsp; One inch margins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Start by citing the book.&nbsp; Include the author, title, place of publication, publisher, publication date, and edition (if applicable).&nbsp; Use the Chicago Manual of Style for the citation (see below).&nbsp; Include information about the author: his authority, reputation, and qualifications.&nbsp; Make reference to the genre of the book?&nbsp; Is it a work of fiction or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[28],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/39300"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/39300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=39300"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=39300"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=39300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}