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The Mechanical Turk: The True Story of the Chess-playing Machine That Fooled the World
The Mechanical Turk: The True Story of the Chess-playing Machine That Fooled the World
Tom Standage (Author)
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The true story of the Turk, an infamous 18th century automaton, links an unlikely cast of historical characters, from Napoleon, Beethoven and Poe to the pioneers of the computer age.  Read More

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