[PDF.59pj] The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine

The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine

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 | #829672 in Books |  2003-08-05 |  2003-08-05 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  7.46 x.73 x5.60l, | File type: PDF | 288 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Amazing Story of a Great Moment in the History of Chess|By Rick Knowlton|An amazing book. Takes the true history of the famous chess-playing 'automaton' and weaves it into a fascinating page-turning adventure, through episode after episode of the machine's many phases of existence.
It would be unexpected to make a moment of chess history into such a riveting narrative -- t|From Library Journal|The Turk was the name given to a chess-playing automaton created by Wolfgang von Kempelen in order to impress the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria-Hungary. In 1770, von Kempelen demonstrated the Turk and so began a series of performances tha

This is the true account of the 18th-century mechanical man, powered by clockwork, dressed in a Turkish costume, and capable of playing chess. Created by a Hungarian nobleman, the machine-man known as The Turk traveled Europe and America, made the acquaintance of Benjamin Franklin, Catherine the Great, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Edgar Allan Poe.

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine   |  Tom Standage. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.

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