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STANDAGE, TOM Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine
Berkley, 2002. Trade Paperback. Like New. Ink mark on bottom pages. A beautiful copy!. the queens gambit accepted; the turks opening move; a most charming contraption; ingenious devices, invisicle powers; dreams of speech and reason; adventures of the imagination; the province of intellect the wooden warrior in america; endgame; the secrets of the turk; the turn versus deep blue. "Created by the hungarian novleman and presented at court to the empress maria theresa, the turk was a mechanical man, fashioned from wook, powered by clockwork, dressed in stylish costume, and capacle of playing chess. over the next eighty-five years, the turk would tracel throut 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 ourselces in relation to machines, is told by an author who keeps us on the edge of our seats, in what the chicago tribune calls, simply, a gem of a book.
Offered for US$ 4.50 by: Yesterday's Muse Books - Book number: 055092