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344 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780143114369
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Group
Publication date: 01 October 2008
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...
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344 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780143114369
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Group
Publication date: 01 October 2008
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