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The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine

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The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine - Standage, Tom
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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 2003, Berkley Publishing Group, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780425190395

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