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The Mechanical Turk - Tom Standage
The Mechanical Turk
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ISBN: 9780141885315 (0141885319)
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 280
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy, Magic, Non Fiction, History, Science, Technology, Games, Chess, Sports And Games
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markk
markk rated it
3.0 The chess-playing curiosity of the 18th century
text The chess-playing curiosity of the 18th century
In an age when chess-playing computers are hardly a novelty, it might be hard to imagine just how remarkable people found Wolfgang von Kempelen’s automaton. Though little remembered beyond a handful of afficionados today, Kempelen’s Turk was a remarkable novelty in its day, one that delighted the H...
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Itinerant Librarian on Books
Itinerant Librarian on Books rated it
5.0 The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine
text The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine
Another one I read in 2003. My journal notes from the time: >>This is about the 18th century chess playing machine. This author also wrote The Victorian Internet, which I read a while back. . . .This book works in a similar way to the other one. The author documents the Turk's history, in the proces...
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gryphyn
gryphyn rated it
4.0 The Mechanical Turk: The True Story of the Chess-Playing Machine That Fooled the World
text The Mechanical Turk: The True Story of the Chess-Playing Machine That Fooled the World
Funny little piece of history that was absolutely fascinating. Tom Standage, as usual, writes wonderfully.
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Other editions (5)
The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine - Tom Standage
The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous 19th Century Chess-Playing Machine - Tom Standage
Mechanical Turk: The True Story of the Chess Playing Machine That Fooled the World - Tom Standage
The Mechanical Turk: The True Story of the Chess-Playing Machine That Fooled the World - Tom Standage
The Mechanical Turk - Tom Standage
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