An edition of Mechanical Turk: the true story of the chess-playing machine that fooled the world (2002)

The mechanical Turk

the true story of the chess-playing machine that fooled the world

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The mechanical Turk
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An edition of Mechanical Turk: the true story of the chess-playing machine that fooled the world (2002)

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Penguin
Language
English
Pages
273

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Subjects

Automaton chess players, Inventions, History, Robots, Inventions, history, Chess, history

People

Wolfgang von Kempelen (1734-1804)

Places

Hungary

Times

18th century
Edition Availability
Cover of: Mechanical Turk
Mechanical Turk: The True Story of the Chess Playing Machine That Fooled the World
September 30, 2004, Penguin USA (P)
in English
Cover of: The mechanical Turk
The mechanical Turk: the true story of the chess-playing machine that fooled the world
2003, Penguin
in English
Cover of: The Mechanical Turk
The Mechanical Turk: The True Story of the Chess-Playing Machine That Fooled the World
January 2002, Allen Lane
Hardcover in English

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Edition Notes

Originally published: as The Turk. New York: Walker; as The Mechanical Turk. London: Allen Lane, 2002.

Bibliography: p. 254-259. - Includes index.

Published in
London

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Dewey Decimal Class
794.17
Library of Congress
GV1447.S74 2003

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Pagination
xiv, 273 p. :
Number of pages
273

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Open Library
OL22049274M
ISBN 10
014029919X
Library Thing
90495
Goodreads
158721

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