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- Book Title
- The Turk, Chess Automaton
- Publication Date
- 2006-12-18
- Pages
- 268
- ISBN
- 9780786429035
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
ISBN-10
0786429038
ISBN-13
9780786429035
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57010569
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
268 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Turk, Chess Automaton
Subject
Chess, Robotics
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Technology & Engineering, Games & Activities
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
15.1 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
00-055918
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Reviews
"fascinating"-- The Washington Post ; "detailed and thoroughly documented history"-- C&RL News ; "deeply researched...highly recommended"-- Blitz Chess ; "exhaustive details"-- Chess Horizons ; "Dr. Levitt's new book is indispensable to everyone with the slightest interest in the subject...this book is essential to anyone studying the Turk...handsome...tells a gripping tale, it is well worth its price"-- Quarterly for Chess History ; "the definitive work on this subject. Absolutely fascinating"--IM John Donaldson ( JeremySilman.com ); "deeply researched...brilliantly put together...will fascinate chessplayers and nonchessplayers alike"-- Inside Chess Online ; "the most complete compilation of information about the Turk ever in one volume...a fine piece of work...recommended"-- ChessCafe.com ; "a really special book...a fascinating book that has been written in a very readable way...fascinating stories...highly recommended"-- Magic Week ; "a delightful book"-- British Chess Magazine ; "outstanding...extensive research...most interesting"-- Musical Box Society International ; "very eye-appealing...generously illustrated"-- Infinityplus ; "interesting"-- The Intelligencer Record ; "lavishly illustrated...a delightful book to read"-- Book Lover's Review ; "beautifully researched"-- Global Stamp News ; "lavishly illustrated. It is mouth-watering to leaf through the handsomely laid out pages"-- E-G., "fascinating"-- The Washington Post "detailed and thoroughly documented history"-- C&RL News "deeply researched...highly recommended"-- Blitz Chess "exhaustive details"-- Chess Horizons "Dr. Levitt's new book is indispensable to everyone with the slightest interest in the subject...this book is essential to anyone studying the Turk...handsome...tells a gripping tale, it is well worth its price"-- Quarterly for Chess History "the definitive work on this subject. Absolutely fascinating"--IM John Donaldson ( JeremySilman.com )"deeply researched...brilliantly put together...will fascinate chessplayers and nonchessplayers alike"-- Inside Chess Online "the most complete compilation of information about the Turk ever in one volume...a fine piece of work...recommended"-- ChessCafe.com "a really special book...a fascinating book that has been written in a very readable way...fascinating stories...highly recommended"-- Magic Week "a delightful book"-- British Chess Magazine "outstanding...extensive research...most interesting"-- Musical Box Society International "very eye-appealing...generously illustrated"-- Infinityplus "interesting"-- The Intelligencer Record "lavishly illustrated...a delightful book to read"-- Book Lover's Review "beautifully researched"-- Global Stamp News "lavishly illustrated. It is mouth-watering to leaf through the handsomely laid out pages"-- E-G.
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Edition Description
Alternate
Table Of Content
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Part One: The History 1. Schonbrunn Place, Vienna 2. Excitement at the Exhibition 3. Requiescat 4. The Resurrection 5. Many Moons and Many Wives 6. The Musical Showman and the Emperor's Attack 7. The Men in Hiding 8. Mouret's Fifty Games in London as the Turk 9. Troubles in the New World 10. Mulhouse 11. Philadelphia, Baltimore, and an Attack of Spies 12. Fakes, Travels, and Exposes 13. Disaster Stirkes 14. The Phoenix Part Two: The Mystery 15. Windisch, Dutens, Decremps--The Mystery Ferments 16. Thicknesse and Racknitz--Enemy and Admirer 17. Hunneman, Willis, and Bradford--Cracking the Darkness 18. Brewster and Edgar Allan Poe--The Attacks Strengthen 19. Mouret--The Key Unlocks the Door 20. Mitchell--The Hero is Saved and Secrets Revealed 21. Kummer and Others--Voices, Views, and Visions Part Three: Games, Documents, and Sources Appendix A : Eighty-Three Non-Turk Games Played by its Directors Appendix B : The Book of Endgames (CA. 1818) Appendix C : Dutens' Letter to Gentleman's Magazine (1771) Appendix D : Windisch's "Inanimate Reason..." (1784) Appendix E : From Decremps' "La Magie Blanche Devoillee" (1784/1785) Appendix F : Thicknesse's "The Speaking Figure..." (1784) Appendix G : Racknitz's "Ueber Den Schachspieler..."(1789) Appendix H : Willis' "an Attempt to Analse..." (1821) Appendix I : The Pittoresque Article (1834) Appendix J : De Tournay's "La Vie Et Les Aventures..." (1836) Appendix K : Poe's "Maelzel's Chess-Player" (1836) Appendix L : Mitchell's "The Last of a Veteran Chess Player Appendix M : The Walker Automaton of 1845 Appendix N : The Reconstructed Turk Chapter Notes Bibliography Index of Games and Players Index
Synopsis
With all-new research and facts unknown for two centuries, this is a richly detailed and comprehensive account of "The Turk," Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen's amazing but fraudulent Chess Automaton that held the world spellbound for 85 years beginning in 1770. In actuality, the Turk was manipulated by a man housed in a hot box, working by candlelight--but the secret was kept for decades. Besides playing a good game of chess within an hour's time, the manipulator had to keep track of the moves, work the pantograph arm apparatus, nod the head, roll the eyes, cover up sneezes and coughs, and work the sound mechanism. This work contains a detailed discussion of the literature surrounding the Turk along with an analysis of its hidden operation. The complete collection of published games played by the Turk, many, again, unknown for 200 years, is also included., Presents an account of ""The Turk,"" Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen's amazing but fraudulent Chess Automaton that held the world spellbound for 85 years beginning in 1770. This work contains a discussion of the literature surrounding the Turk along with an analysis of its hidden operation.
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