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Describes the eighteenth-century invention by Wolfgang von Kempeden of the Turk, a mechanical man fashioned of wood, powered by clockwork, and capable of playing chess, examining the machine's remarkable career in light of the industrial revolution and the impact of the invention on the history of technology. Serial in Wired.

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Contributors: Tom Standage,
Publisher: Walker & Company
Published: 2002-04-01
ISBN: 9780802713919
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Contributors: Tom Standage,
Publisher: Berkley Pub Group
Published: 2003-08-05
ISBN: 9780425190395
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Title: The mechanical Turk
Contributors: Tom Standage,
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Published: 2003-04-01
ISBN: 9780140299199
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Title: The mechanical Turk
Contributors: Tom Standage,
Publisher: Allan Lane
Published: 2002-01
ISBN: 9780713995251
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Title: Radical theories
Contributors: Darrow Schecter,
Publisher: Manchester Univ Pr
Published: 1994
ISBN: 9780719043857
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