num_pages: 288
description: 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.
language: English
title: Mechanical Turk: The True Story of the Chess Playing Machine That Fooled the World
titlecomplete: Mechanical Turk: The True Story of the Chess Playing Machine That Fooled the World
genres: History, Games, Technology, Microhistory, Biography, Science, History Of Science, Nonfiction, Magic, Chess
ratings_count: 670
publisher: Penguin Group USA