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1The Turk
The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine
By Tom Standage

“The Turk” Metadata:
- Title: The Turk
- Author: Tom Standage
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: Median: 272
- Publisher: ➤ Walker & Co. - Walker & Company - Berkley Books - Walker Books - Berkley Trade
- Publish Date: 2002 - 2003
- Publish Location: New York
- Dewey Decimal Classification: 794.17
- Library of Congress Classification: GV-1447.00000000.S74 2002GV-1447.00000000.S74 2003
“The Turk” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Misleiding - Automaton chess players - Nonfiction - Schaakautomaten - History - Chess - Curiosities and wonders - New York Times reviewed - Robots
- People: ➤ Wolfgang von Kempelen (1734-1804) - Johann Nepomuk Mälzel (1772-1838)
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL3686488M - OL3955300M - OL7876853M - OL7504838M - OL24291454M
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 61729278 - 48613536
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2001055909 - 2003050002
- All ISBNs: ➤ 0802799353 - 9780802799357 - 0425190390 - 9780802713919 - 9780425190395 - 0802713912
Book Classifications
- Dewey Decimal (DDC): ➤ ❛794.17❜.
- Library of Congress Classification (LCC): ➤ ❛GV-1447.00000000.S74 2002❜ & ❛GV-1447.00000000.S74 2003❜.
First Setence:
"On an autumn day in 1769, Wolfgang von Kempelen, a thirty-five-year-old Hungarian civil servant, was summoned to the imperial court in Vienna by Maria Theresa, empress of Austria-Hungary, to witness the performance of a visiting French conjuror."
Access and General Info:
- First Year Published: 2002
- Is Full Text Available: Yes
- Is The Book Public: No
- Access Status: Printdisabled
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