Saturday, March 10, 2012

The Turk: the life and times of the famous eighteenth-century chess-playing machine



Author: Standage, Tom

Title: The Turk: the life and times of the famous eighteenth-century chess-playing machine

Published: New York: Walker & Co., 2001

Description: 272 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Call Number: GV1447 S74 2002

Bibliography: p. 255-260

Subject(s):
  • Kempelen, Wolfgang von, 1734-1804
  • Mälzel, Johann Nepomuk, 1772-1838
  • Automaton chess players
Review(s):
  • Peters, Justin. "Turkish Delight." Washington Monthly 34, no. 4 (April 2002): 57-59
  • Burton, Hilary. "The Turk (Book)."
  • "THE TURK (Book)." Kirkus Reviews 70, no. 4 (February 15, 2002): 241
  • Library Journal 127, no. 4 (March 2002): 134
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