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The Chess Machine
The Chess Machine
Author: Robert Lohr
In 1770, Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen introduces Vienna to the Mechanical Turk?an unbeatable chess-playing automaton that, unbeknownst to an astonished Europe, is in fact nothing more than an illusion. The Turk is actually operated from within by a God-fearing dwarf named Tibor, whose chess-playing abilities and diminutive size make him the perfe...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780143114369
ISBN-10: 0143114360
Publication Date: 9/30/2008
Pages: 352
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Book Type: Paperback
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