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Mechanical Turk: The True Story of the Chess Playing Machine That Fooled the World
By
Tom Standage
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Penguin USA
Publication date
September 30, 2004
Pages
288
Binding
Paperback
Edition
New
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780140299199
ISBN-10
014029919X
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Great Britain
Original list price
$148.50
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Summary
This title tells the story of the Turk, the infamous 18th-century automation. The story links a cast of historical characters, from Napoleon, Beethoven and Poe to the pioneers of the computer age, and provides an accessible way of examining the relationship between magic, man, mind and machine.
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New edition from Penguin USA (September 30, 2004)
9780140299199 | details & prices | 288 pages | List price $148.50
About: This title tells the story of the Turk, the infamous 18th-century automation.
About: This title tells the story of the Turk, the infamous 18th-century automation.
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