Turk: The Life And Times Of The Famous 19Th Century Chess-Playing Machine

by Tom Standage

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Turk: The Life And Times Of The Famous 19Th Century Chess-Playing Machine

Synopsis

On an autumn day in 1769, a Hungarian nobleman named Wolfgang von Kempelen attended a conjuring show at the court of Maria Theresa, empress of Austria-Hungary. So unimpressed was Kempelen by the performance that he declared he could do better himself. Maria Theresa held him to his word and gave him six months to prepare a show of his own. Kempelen did not disappoint; he returned to the court the f