Clockwork Game: The Illustrious Career of a Chessplaying Automaton
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In 1769, the court of Empress Maria Theresia witnessed one of that era'smost amazing feats of engineering: a machine that could play chess. Artfullyconstructed by a Hungarian nobleman named Wolfgang von Kempelen, thechess-machine played a unique game against each opponent, far surpassing theabilities of all its fellow automata. Throughout its eighty-five year career, audiences across Europe and the Americas flocked to see the mechanical marvelseemingly...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0974311022
ISBN13:9780974311029
Release Date:May 2014
Publisher:Fiery Studios
Length:216 Pages
Weight:1.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 8.0" x 9.9"
Age Range:13 to 16 years
Grade Range:Grades 8 to 11
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