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Mechanical Turk: The True Story of the Chess Playing Machine That Fooled the World

Name: Mechanical Turk: The True Story of the Chess Playing Machine That Fooled the World
Brand: Penguin
SKU: ByrdShop_014029919X
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paperback – January 1, 2004

by Standage, Tom

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ISBN-13: 9780140299199 ISBN-10: 014029919X

Publisher

Penguin

Binding

paperback

Published

January 1, 2004

Weight

0.3 lbs

Dimensions

19.80×2.10×12.90 cm

About this book

Mechanical Turk: The True Story of the Chess Playing Machine That Fooled the World by Standage, Tom. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780140299199.

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.