Professor Augustus S. F. X Van Dusen, Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S., M.D., M.D.S, also known as “The Thinking Machine,” is a man whose intellect is as exhaustive as his name. Famous for applying relentless logic to any and every problem, he finds himself summoned to a number of confounding challenges. The Thinking Machine is a short story collection by Jacques Futrelle.