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The Mechanical Turk: The True Story of the Chess-playing Machine That Fooled the World by Tom Standage (Paperback, 2003)
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This title tells the true story of the Turk, the infamous 18th-century automation. The story links an unlikely cast of historical characters, from Napoleon, Beethoven and Poe to the pioneers of the computer age, and provides an accessible way of examining the complex relationship between magic, man, mind and machine, from the Enlightenment to the computer age.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780140299199
eBay Product ID (ePID)88805306
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Mechanical Turk: the True Story of the Chess-Playing Machine That Fooled the World
AuthorTom Standage
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicEngineering & Technology, Social Sciences, Board Games, Computer Science, Evolution
Publication Year2003
TypeTextbook
Number of Pages288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height198mm
Item Width129mm
Item Weight270g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorTom Standage
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 28 Mar, 2018
Fascinating story of human ingenuity to fool others.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
