Lettres Sur Le Joueur D'echecs De M. De Kempelen: Traduction Libre De L'allemand ...... [French]

By Karl Gottlieb Windisch

Lettres sur le joueur d' checs de M. de Kempelen offre une analyse fascinante de l'automate joueur d' checs du XVIIIe si cle, connu sous le nom de Turc . Cette traduction libre de l'allemand par Karl Gottlieb Windisch explore les myst res et les th ories entourant cette invention nigmatique.

travers une s rie de lettres, Windisch examine les m canismes possibles et les illusions cr es par le Turc, tout en contextualisant l'importance de cette machine dans l'histoire des jeux et des automates. Ce livre est essentiel pour ceux qui s'int ressent l'histoire des sciences, des jeux d' checs et des curiosit s m caniques. Il capture l' merveillement et la curiosit d'une poque fascin e par les prouesses de l'ing nierie et de l'illusion.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: French
• ISBN: 1273039688
• ISBN13: 9781273039683
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Nabu Press
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"