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352 pages • first pub 2007 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780670916351
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Fig Tree
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
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In 1770, Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen introduces Vienna to the Mechanical Turk?an unbeatable chess-playing automaton that, unbeknownst to an astonished Europe, is in fact nothing more than an illusion. The Turk is actually operated from within by a...
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352 pages • first pub 2007 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780670916351
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Fig Tree
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
In 1770, Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen introduces Vienna to the Mechanical Turk?an unbeatable chess-playing automaton that, unbeknownst to an astonished Europe, is in fact nothing more than an illusion. The Turk is actually operated from within by a...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings