Public art & sculpture · Central Scotland
Three Craws
Three Craws — a public art in scotland-central, United Kingdom.
JThomas — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Three Craws is a public art located in scotland-central, United Kingdom. Sourced from OpenStreetMap (ODbL licence); see local listings for visitor information, opening hours and admission details.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Three Laws of Robotics (often shortened to The Three Laws or Asimov's Laws) are a set of rules devised by science fiction author Isaac Asimov, which were to be followed by robots in several of his stories. The rules were introduced in his 1942 short story "Runaround" (included in the 1950 collection I, Robot), although similar restrictions had been implied in earlier stories.
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Background
History
In The Rest of the Robots, published in 1964, Isaac Asimov noted that when he began writing in 1940 he felt that "one of the stock plots of science fiction was ... robots were created and destroyed their creator. Knowledge has its dangers, yes, but is the response to be a retreat from knowledge? Or is knowledge to be used as itself a barrier to the dangers it brings?" He decided that in his stories a robot would not "turn stupidly on his creator for no purpose but to demonstrate, for one more weary time, the crime and punishment of Faust." On May 3, 1939, Asimov attended a meeting of the Queens (New York) Science Fiction Society where he met Earl and Otto Binder who had recently published a…
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- Coordinates
- 55.8887, -3.0811
- District
- Midlothian
- Postcode
- EH22 3DZ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Midlothian
Sources
- osm: node/5249488589 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Three Laws of Robotics (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Three Craws?
- Three Craws is in central Scotland, United Kingdom (postcode EH22 3DZ).
- Is Three Craws free to visit?
- Yes, Three Craws is free to enter.
- How do I get to Three Craws?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode EH22 3DZ. It sits within the Midlothian parliamentary constituency.