num_pages: 220
description: In 1769, a Hungarian nobleman, Wolfgang von Kempelen, was summoned to witness a show at the court of Maria Theresa. So unimpressed was Kempelen by the performance that he declared he could do better himself and built The Turk: a machine capable of playing chess. This book tells the story of the machine's career.
title: Der Türke.
titlecomplete: Der Türke.
genres: History, Games, Technology, Microhistory, Biography, Science, History Of Science, Nonfiction, Magic, Chess
ratings_count: 670
publisher: Campus Verlag