The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine

The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine image
ISBN-10:

0425190390

ISBN-13:

9780425190395

Author(s): Standage, Tom
Edition: First Edition
Released: Aug 05, 2003
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
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Description:

Describes the eighteenth-century invention by Wolfgang von Kempeden of the Turk, a mechanical man fashioned of wood, powered by clockwork, and capable of playing chess, examining the machine's remarkable career in light of the industrial revolution and the impact of the invention on the history of technology. Reprint.

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