The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous 18th Century Chess Playing Machine - Tapa dura

Standage, Tom

 
9780802713919: The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous 18th Century Chess Playing Machine
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ISBN 10: 0802713912 ISBN 13: 9780802713919
Editorial: Walker & Co, 2002

Sinopsis

Describes the eighteenth-century invention by Wolfgang von Kempeden of the Turk, a mechanical man fashioned of wood, powered by clockwork, and capable of playing chess, examining the machine's remarkable career in light of the industrial revolution and the impact of the invention on the history of technology. Serial in Wired.

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Tom Standage is technology editor at The Economist magazine and the author of four history books, "A History of the World in Six Glasses" (2005), "The Turk" (2002), "The Neptune File" (2000) and "The Victorian Internet" (1998), two of which have been serialized as "Book of the Week" on Radio 4. "The Victorian Internet was made into a Channel 4 documentary, "How The Victorians Wired the World". Tom has previously covered science and technology for a number of newspapers and magazines, including The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, Wired and Prospect. He holds a degree in engineering and computer science from Oxford University, and is the least musical member of a musical family. He is married and lives in Greenwich, London, with his wife and daughter.

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Editorial
Walker & Co
Año de publicación
2002
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0802713912
ISBN 13 
9780802713919
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Número de páginas
272
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