Clockwork Game : : the Illustrious Career of a Chess-Playing Automaton
Graphic Novel - 2013 Adult Graphic Novel / Irwin, Jane 1 On Shelf No requests on this item
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"Most of the material contained within originally appeared on www.clockworkgame.com in webcomic format"--Title page verso.
In 1769, the court of Empress Maria Theresa witnessed one of that era's most amazing feats of engineering: a machine that could play chess. Artfully constructed by a Hungarian nobleman named Wolfgang von Kempelen, the chess machine played a unique game against each opponent, far surpassing the abilities of all its fellow automata. Throughout its eighty-five year career, audiences across Europe and the Americas flocked to see the mechanical marvel seemingly capable of human intelligence; Napoleon, Charles Babbage, and Benjamin Franklin were among its challengers, and Edgar Allen Poe wrote an essay attempting to explain how it worked.
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tiresome submitted by camelsamba on July 31, 2017, 12:34pm I found this kind of tiresome. There was too much detail - especially the chess moves, dozens at a time (perhaps that would be meaningful for serious chess players?). I also wasn't sure who was this supposed to be about: the original designer/inventor or the sleazebag Maelzel.
PUBLISHED
Kalamazoo, MI : Fiery Studios, 2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: 211 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language: English
Format: Graphic Novel
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780974311029
0974311022
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Shawl, Nisi,
SUBJECTS
Kempelen, Wolfgang von, -- 1734-1804.
Automaton chess players.
Hoaxes -- History -- 19th century.
Chess.
Graphic novels.
Austria -- History -- Maria Theresa, 1740-1780.