The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous 19th Century Chess-Playing Machine more books like this

by Tom Standage

Part historical detective story, part biography, "The Turk" relates the saga of an unusual 18th century robot--fashioned from wood to look like a man who was dressed like a Turk and played chess. 25 illustrations.

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The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine more books like this

by Tom Standage

Part historical detective story, part biography, "The Turk" relates the saga of an unusual 18th-century robot--fashioned from wood to look like a man who was dressed like a Turk and played chess. 25 illustrations.

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The Turk, Chess Automaton more books like this

by Gerald M Levitt

With all-new research and facts unknown for two centuries, this is a richly detailed and comprehensive account of The Turk, Baron Wolfgang von Kempelens amazing but fraudulent Chess Automaton that held the world spellbound for 85 years beginning in 1770. In actuality, the Turk was manipulated by a man housed in a hot box, working by candlelightbut ...

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The great chess automaton more books like this

by Charles Michael Carroll

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The Mechanical Turk: The True Story of the Chess-Playing Machine That Fooled the World more books like this

by Tom Standage

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