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This title tells the story of the Turk the infamous 18th-century automation. The story links a cast of historical characters from Napoleon Beethoven and Poe to the pioneers of the computer age and provides an accessible way of examining the relationship between magic man mind and machine.
TITLE: The Mechanical Turk
AUTHOR: Tom Standage
SKU: 9780140299199
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books Ltd
DATE PUBLISHED: 06/03/2003
PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom
PAGES: 288
BINDING: Paperback / softback
LANGUAGE: English
DIMENSIONS: 129 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
WEIGHT: 270 gr