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In 1206 an engineer working for the Artuqid rulers of southeastern Anatolia finished a book describing about fifty machines: water clocks, hand-washing devices, fountains, pumps, and a boat carrying four mechanical musicians. Al-Jazari did not just describe them; he explained how to build them. This book follows the craftsman behind the book, the workshop culture that produced him, and the question that always comes up: father of robotics, or just an extraordinarily good engineer?
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