Von dem Buch The Immortal Game (Unabridged) haben wir 3 gleiche oder sehr ähnliche Ausgaben identifiziert!
Falls Sie nur an einem bestimmten Exempar interessiert sind, können Sie aus der folgenden Liste jenes wählen, an dem Sie interessiert sind:
100%: David Shenk, John H. Mayer: The Immortal Game (Unabridged) (ISBN: 9781415933558) in Englisch, auch als Hörbuch.Nur diese Ausgabe anzeigen…
100%: David Shenk: The Immortal Game (ISBN: 9780385673785) 2011, Anchor Canada, Anchor Canada, Anchor Canada, in Englisch, auch als eBook.Nur diese Ausgabe anzeigen…
84%: David Shenk: The Immortal Game (ISBN: 9780285640009) 2011, in Englisch, auch als eBook.Nur diese Ausgabe anzeigen…
The Immortal Game (Unabridged) - 5 Angebote vergleichen
Bester Preis: € 15,43 (vom 28.05.2017)1
The Immortal Game (2011)
EN NW EB DLISBN: 9780385673785 bzw. 0385673787, in Englisch, Anchor Canada, Anchor Canada, Anchor Canada, neu, E-Book, elektronischer Download.
Lieferung aus: Kanada, in-stock.
A surprising, charming, and ever-fascinating history of the seemingly simple game that has had a profound effect on societies the world over. Why has one game, alone among the thousands of games invented and played throughout human history, not only survived but thrived within every culture it has touched? What is it about its thirty-two figurative pieces, moving about its sixty-four black and white squares according to very simple rules, that has captivated people for nearly 1,500 years? Why has it driven some of its greatest players into paranoia and madness, and yet is hailed as a remarkably powerful intellectual tool? Nearly everyone has played chess at some point in their lives. Its rules and pieces have served as a metaphor for society, influencing military strategy, mathematics, artificial intelligence, and literature and the arts. It has been condemned as the devil's game by popes, rabbis, and imams, and lauded as a guide to proper living by other popes, rabbis, and imams. Marcel Duchamp was so absorbed in the game that he ignored his wife on their honeymoon. Caliph Muhammad al-Amin lost his throne (and his head) trying to checkmate a courtier. Ben Franklin used the game as a cover for secret diplomacy. In his wide-ranging and ever-fascinating examination of chess, David Shenk gleefully unearths the hidden history of a game that seems so simple yet contains infinity. From its invention somewhere in India around 500 A.D, to its enthusiastic adoption by the Persians and its spread by Islamic warriors, to its remarkable use as a moral guide in the Middle Ages and its political utility in the Enlightenment, to its crucial importance in the birth of cognitive science and its key role in the aesthetic of modernism in twentieth-century art, to its twenty-first-century importance in the development of artificial intelligence and use as a teaching tool in inner-city America, chess has been a remarkably omnipresent factor in the development of civilization. Indeed, as.
A surprising, charming, and ever-fascinating history of the seemingly simple game that has had a profound effect on societies the world over. Why has one game, alone among the thousands of games invented and played throughout human history, not only survived but thrived within every culture it has touched? What is it about its thirty-two figurative pieces, moving about its sixty-four black and white squares according to very simple rules, that has captivated people for nearly 1,500 years? Why has it driven some of its greatest players into paranoia and madness, and yet is hailed as a remarkably powerful intellectual tool? Nearly everyone has played chess at some point in their lives. Its rules and pieces have served as a metaphor for society, influencing military strategy, mathematics, artificial intelligence, and literature and the arts. It has been condemned as the devil's game by popes, rabbis, and imams, and lauded as a guide to proper living by other popes, rabbis, and imams. Marcel Duchamp was so absorbed in the game that he ignored his wife on their honeymoon. Caliph Muhammad al-Amin lost his throne (and his head) trying to checkmate a courtier. Ben Franklin used the game as a cover for secret diplomacy. In his wide-ranging and ever-fascinating examination of chess, David Shenk gleefully unearths the hidden history of a game that seems so simple yet contains infinity. From its invention somewhere in India around 500 A.D, to its enthusiastic adoption by the Persians and its spread by Islamic warriors, to its remarkable use as a moral guide in the Middle Ages and its political utility in the Enlightenment, to its crucial importance in the birth of cognitive science and its key role in the aesthetic of modernism in twentieth-century art, to its twenty-first-century importance in the development of artificial intelligence and use as a teaching tool in inner-city America, chess has been a remarkably omnipresent factor in the development of civilization. Indeed, as.
2
Immortal Game
EN NW EBISBN: 9780285640009 bzw. 0285640003, in Englisch, Souvenir Press (cc), neu, E-Book.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, In Stock.
9780285640009,0285640003,immortal,game,shenk, A digital copy of "Immortal Game" by Shenk. Download is immediately available upon purchase! eBook, Format: VitalSource Bookshelf. Type: . Copying: Allowed, 2 selections may be copied every 365 days. Printable: Allowed, 2 prints for 365 days. Expires: Yes, may be used for 365 days after activation. Read Aloud?: Allowed. Sharing: Not Allowed. Software: VitalSource Bookshelf. Shipping to USA only!
9780285640009,0285640003,immortal,game,shenk, A digital copy of "Immortal Game" by Shenk. Download is immediately available upon purchase! eBook, Format: VitalSource Bookshelf. Type: . Copying: Allowed, 2 selections may be copied every 365 days. Printable: Allowed, 2 prints for 365 days. Expires: Yes, may be used for 365 days after activation. Read Aloud?: Allowed. Sharing: Not Allowed. Software: VitalSource Bookshelf. Shipping to USA only!
3
The Immortal Game (2011)
EN NW EB DLISBN: 9780285640009 bzw. 0285640003, in Englisch, Souvenir Press, Souvenir Press, Souvenir Press, neu, E-Book, elektronischer Download.
Lieferung aus: Brasilien, in-stock.
David Shenk surveys the history of chess, capturing the Zelig-like nature of the game that has changed the societies that have played it. It's rules and pieces have served as a metaphor for society (to be found in the writings of Borges, Nabokov, Tolstoy, Canetti, Eliot), it has helped to form the military strategies that conquered civilisations, influenced the mathematical understandings that have driven technological change and served as a moral guide. It has been condemned by Popes as the devil's game yet Benjamin Franklin used it as to promote diplomacy. Chess's role in influencing the intellectual advances of the twentieth-century is explored, from its role in modernist art to its crucial part in the birth of cognitive science and the development of artificial intelligence. David Shenk investigates the omnipresent role of chess in the evolution of civilisation. This history of chess is structured around a description of the "Immortal Game" played between grandmasters Adolf Anderseen and Lionel Kieseritzky in 1851, the great example of 'romantic' chess. David Shenk includes Benjamin Franklin's essay 'The Morals of Chess' and detailed analysis of games that illustrate chess's rules.
David Shenk surveys the history of chess, capturing the Zelig-like nature of the game that has changed the societies that have played it. It's rules and pieces have served as a metaphor for society (to be found in the writings of Borges, Nabokov, Tolstoy, Canetti, Eliot), it has helped to form the military strategies that conquered civilisations, influenced the mathematical understandings that have driven technological change and served as a moral guide. It has been condemned by Popes as the devil's game yet Benjamin Franklin used it as to promote diplomacy. Chess's role in influencing the intellectual advances of the twentieth-century is explored, from its role in modernist art to its crucial part in the birth of cognitive science and the development of artificial intelligence. David Shenk investigates the omnipresent role of chess in the evolution of civilisation. This history of chess is structured around a description of the "Immortal Game" played between grandmasters Adolf Anderseen and Lionel Kieseritzky in 1851, the great example of 'romantic' chess. David Shenk includes Benjamin Franklin's essay 'The Morals of Chess' and detailed analysis of games that illustrate chess's rules.
Lade…