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Edison's Eve: A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life
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Edison's Eve: A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life (2002) (edit title/settings)

by Gaby Wood (Author) (edit contributors)

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During the eighteenth century, the inventor Jacques de Vaucanson created a mechanical duck that seemingly could digest and excrete its food. A few decades later, Europeans fell in love with “the Turk,” a celebrated chess-playing machine built in 1769. Thomas Edison was obsessed for years with... read more

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He was sure it was to be his last trip.

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  1. Gaby Wood (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0679451129
Page Count: 336

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