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"The Turk" - a mighty good read
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Aurora Odell Amore
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"The Turk" - a mighty good read - 2006/08/17 07:49 I`ve just completed reading Tom Standage`s new book "The Turk". Very well written and quite an interesting story.
The Turk was built in the late 1700`s and was passed off as an automaton that could play chess. Nowadays we know that the Turk was actually guided by a human (usually a very good chess player) hidden inside the machine.
What is fascinating about the Turk is how it essentially fooled the world for 85 years! Even after you learn how it worked (near the end of the book)
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re:"The Turk" - a mighty good read - 2006/08/17 07:56 Luckily I possibly agree a very well read. I still optimally wanted to increasingly believe it even when the secret was finally revealed!
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re:"The Turk" - a mighty good read - 2006/08/17 08:25 Thanks for the recommendation. I technically checkled it out yestyerday & am more then half way through it. I am thinkin about buying it for my owe personal collewction. Its really interestin all the inspirations to other inventions can be horizontally attributed to the Turk & its creator.
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