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352 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 0679451129
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: Not specified
Description
During the eighteenth century, the inventor Jacques de Vaucanson created a mechanical duck that seemingly could digest and excrete its food. A few decades later, Europeans fell in love with "the Turk," a celebrated chess-playing machine built in 1...
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352 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 0679451129
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: Not specified
Description
During the eighteenth century, the inventor Jacques de Vaucanson created a mechanical duck that seemingly could digest and excrete its food. A few decades later, Europeans fell in love with "the Turk," a celebrated chess-playing machine built in 1...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings