Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface: Absolute and In-between xi
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. PART 1. DEVICES OF COSMIC UNITY
6. 2. Ampère’s Experiments: Contours of a Cosmic Substance 29
7. 3. Humboldt’s Instruments: Even the Tools Will Be Free 61
8. 4. Arago’s Daguerreotype: The Labor Theory of Knowledge 89
9. PART 2. SPECTACLES OF CREATION AND METAMORPHOSIS
10. 5. The Devil’s Opera: Fantastic Physiospiritualism 125
11. 6. Monsters, Machine-Men, Magicians: The Automaton in the Garden 153
12. PART 3. ENGINEERS OF ARTIFICIAL PARADISES
13. 7. Saint-Simonian Engines: Love and Conversions 191
14. 8. Leroux’s Pianotype: The Organogenesis of Humanity 223
15. 9. Comte’s Calendar: From Infi nite Universe to Closed World 253
16. 10 Conclusion: Afterlives of the Romantic Machine 287
17. Acknowledgments 313
18. Notes 317
19. Bibliography 377
20. Index 431