Mechanical Turk: The True Story of the Chess Playing Machine That Fooled the World

Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780140299199
ISBN: 014029919X
Label: Penguin USA (P)
Languages:EnglishUnknownEnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishPublished
Manufacturer: Penguin USA (P)
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: September 30, 2004
Publisher: Penguin USA (P)
Studio: Penguin USA (P)

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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.

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