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| ISBN | 0631176225 |
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| Publication Date | 1995 |
| Pages | 220 |
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THE DISTORTED PAST
A REINTERPRETATION OF EUROPE
₨ 5,075
ISBN: 0631176225
Publisher: BLACKWELL SCIENCE
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₨ 5,075
ISBN: 0631176225
Publisher: BLACKWELL SCIENCE
In stock
| Weight | 0.46 kg |
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| ISBN | 0631176225 |
| Format | |
| Publication Date | 1995 |
| Pages | 220 |
| Author | |
| Author Description | |
| Publisher | |
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On an autumn day in 1769, a Hungarian nobleman named Wolfgang von Kempelen attended a conjuring show at the court of Maria Theresa, empress of Austria-Hungary. So unimpressed was Kempelen by the performance that he declared he could do better himself. Maria Theresa held him to his word and gave him six months to prepare a show of his own. Kempelen did not disappoint; he returned to the court the following spring with a mechanical man, fashioned from wood, powered by clockwork, dressed in a stylish Turkish costume—and capable of playing chess.The Turk, as this contraption became known, was an instant success and enjoyed an illustrious career in Europe and America during the next eighty-five years. Associated over time with a host of historical figures, including Benjamin Franklin, Catherine the Great, Napoleon Bonaparte, Charles Babbage, and Edgar Allan Poe, Kempelen’s creation also unwittingly helped to inspire the development of the power loom, the computer, and the detective story. Everywhere it went; the Turk baffled spectators and provoked frenzied speculation about whether a machine could really think. Many rival theories were published serving only to undermine each other, and the Turk’s secret was only ever revealed to a select few.Part historical detective story, part real-life fairy tale, The Turk chronicles the machine’s remarkable and checkered career against the backdrop of the Industrial Revolution, as mechanical technology opened up dramatic new possibilities and the relationship between people and machines was being redefined. Today, in the midst of the computer age, that relationship has assumed a new significance, as scientists and philosophers continue to debate the possibility of machine intelligence. To modern eyes, the Turk was a surprisingly farsighted invention, and its saga is a colorful and important part of the history of technology.
ISBN: 0802713912
Publisher: WALKER & COMPANY
ISBN: A1457 – Hardback
Publisher: DAR AL-ANDALUS
ISBN: A1457
Publisher: DAR AL-ANDALUS
ISBN: 0929261089 – Paperback
Publisher: WALTER FOSTER PUBLISHER
ISBN: 0887060676
Publisher: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
The best ‘Indian’ book of the year” Morning Echo Magazine.
“One of the Ten Best Books Of The Year – Illustrated Weekly of India.
“What is remarkable about REASON WOUNDED is the glimpse it gives of the plight of those on the wrong side of the ruling establishment and the light it sheds on the feudal attitudes of leading members of the elite…. – “Indian Express”
ISBN: Z1457 – Hardback
Publisher: VANGUARD BOOKS
ISBN: Z1457
Publisher: VANGUARD BOOKS
ISBN: 0002152177 – Paperback
Publisher: HARPER COLLINS
ISBN: Z1500
Publisher: VANGUARD BOOKS
The art of Pakistan since Independence in 1947, presented by Asia House with Arts and the Islamic World, at Brunei Gallery, SOAS, London, and elsewhere, 2000. It includes amongst others: Meher Afroz; Lubna Agha; Roohi Ahmed; Syed Zahin Ahmad; Fasihullah Ahsan; David Alesworth; Durriya Kazi; Liaquat Ali; Shakir Ali; Riffat Alvi; Rashid Ahmed Arshad; Naazish Ata Ullah; Siddiqua Bilgrami; Faiza Butt; Khalid Saeed Butt; Abdur Rahman Chughtai; Akram Dost; Iqbal Geoffrey; Sabina Gillani; Amin Gulgee; Ismail Gulgee and Salima Hashmi.
ISBN: 1903411009
Publisher: ARTS & THE ISLAMIC WORLD
