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The Turk : the life and times of the famous eighteenth-century chess-playing machine / Tom Standage.
Publication details: New York : Berkley Books, 2003.Edition: Berkley trade pbk. edDescription: xiv, 272 p. : ill. ; 19 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0425190390 (pbk.) :
- GV1447 .S74 2003
Contents:
Summary: Created by a Hungarian nobleman and presented at court to Empress Maria Theresa, the Turk was a mechanical man, fashioned from wood, powered by clockwork, dressed in stylish costume -- and capable of playing chess. Over the next eighty-five years, the Turk would travel throughout Europe and America, baffling, angering, inspiring, and intimidating challengers and audiences including such figures as Benjamin Franklin, Catherine the Great, Charles Babbage, and Edgar Allan Poe. Here, the story of the Turk, his colorful career, and his influence on the modern world -- and on our evolving view of ourselves in relation to machines -- is told by an author who "keeps us on the edge our seats" in what the Chicago Tribune calls, simply, "a gem of a book."
The Queen's Gambit Accepted -- The Turk's Opening Move -- A Most Charming Contraption -- Ingenious Devices, Invisible Powers -- Dreams of Speech and Reason -- Adventures of the Imagination -- The Emperor and the Prince -- The Province of Intellect -- The Wooden Warrior in America -- Endgame -- The Secrets of the Turk -- The Turk Versus Deep Blue.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | GV 1447 .S74 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Copy Type:01 - Books | Available | 652263 |
Originally published: New York : Walker & Co., 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-260) and index.
The Queen's Gambit Accepted -- The Turk's Opening Move -- A Most Charming Contraption -- Ingenious Devices, Invisible Powers -- Dreams of Speech and Reason -- Adventures of the Imagination -- The Emperor and the Prince -- The Province of Intellect -- The Wooden Warrior in America -- Endgame -- The Secrets of the Turk -- The Turk Versus Deep Blue.
Created by a Hungarian nobleman and presented at court to Empress Maria Theresa, the Turk was a mechanical man, fashioned from wood, powered by clockwork, dressed in stylish costume -- and capable of playing chess. Over the next eighty-five years, the Turk would travel throughout Europe and America, baffling, angering, inspiring, and intimidating challengers and audiences including such figures as Benjamin Franklin, Catherine the Great, Charles Babbage, and Edgar Allan Poe. Here, the story of the Turk, his colorful career, and his influence on the modern world -- and on our evolving view of ourselves in relation to machines -- is told by an author who "keeps us on the edge our seats" in what the Chicago Tribune calls, simply, "a gem of a book."
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