The Turk, Chess Automaton

By Gerald M. Levitt

Book Overview

With all-new research and facts unknown for two centuries, this is a richly detailed and comprehensive account of "The Turk," Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen's amazing but fraudulent Chess Automaton that... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786407786
• ISBN13: 9780786407781
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.6" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher