![]() ![]() ![]() Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments are provided.įor more information or to reserve a spot please email: on-street parking is available, as well as paid lots adjacent to Kingside Diner and at the Schlafly branch of the St. The item The chess machine, Robert Lhr translated from the German by Anthea Bell represents a specific, individual, material embodiment. ![]() We’ll discuss this narrative, filled with period details and brimming with lust and deception, and share some of the questions and ideas that were generated by our readings. Lohr’s brilliant storytelling explores issues of illusion and reality, the mind and machines, and the roles of God and man. : The Chess Machine: A Novel (9781594201264) by Lohr, Robert and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. When a beautiful and seductive countess dies in the presence of the automaton, the Mechanical Turk falls under a cloud of suspicion, and the machine and his inventor become the target of espionage, persecution, and aristocratic intrigue. But what the Hapsburg court hails as the greatest innovation of the century is really nothing more than a brilliant illusion. Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen unveils an amazing invention, the Mechanical Turk, an unbeatable chess-playing automaton. The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous 19th Century Chess-Playing Machine. ![]() Join us for the latest WCHOF Book Group, The Chess Machine by Robert Lohr-an engaging narrative set in 18th Century Vienna at the height of the Enlightenment. Minding the Machine: Languages of Class in Early Industrial America. ![]()
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