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Clockwork Game: The Illustrious Career of a Chess-Playing Automaton
By Irwin, Jane
- ISBN
- 9780974311029
- Publisher
- Fiery Studios
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Reviewed on June 1, 2014 | Graphic Novels
"The Turk" was a turban-wearing robot before robots were possible—or was it? Aswoon at the idea of technological progress, the automaton's gaping audiences of the 18th and 19th centuries couldn't tell and mostly didn't care. Irwin (Vögeline) thinly fictionalizes this mystery of mechanics and mystification, from the automaton's 1769 debut before Hapsburg empress Maria Theresa to its 1854 destruction. Along the way, he exposes ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
