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Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1021167975
Author : Benjamin Franklin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1839
Category : Statesmen
ISBN : UCAL:$B31252
Author : Ralph K. Hagedorn
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781512816549
"Playing at Chess is the most ancient and the most universal game among men, for its original is beyond the memory of history." Benjamin Franklin penned these words as an introduction to his famous essay "The Morals of Chess." Franklin's approach to the game was in distinct contrast to his predecessors, who seriously advocated all the subtle treacheries of the art of poor sportsmanship with the sole end of attaining victory. To Franklin, however, the game of chess was not mere idle amusement but a sport reflective of life itself—"for life is a kind of chess, in which we have often points to gain and competitors or adversaries to contend with"—which requires the utilization of all the finest mental and moral qualities of which man is capable. This volume reproduces Franklin's celebrated essay and includes an analysis of everything Franklin ever had to say about chess. The second part of the book contains an extensive bibliography of chess in America to the year 1859. The two sections of the volume combine to form an essential sourcebook for the historian of American chess.
Author : Paul Leicester Ford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Statesmen
ISBN : UOM:39015033930424
Author : Christopher J. Murrey
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1590333845
Benjamin Franklin is generally considered one of America's most versatile and talented statesmen, scientists, and philosophers. His achievements include publisher of Poor Richard's Almanac and many articles on political, economic, religious, philosophical and scientific subjects. He was the inventor of bifocals, the Franklin stove, lightening rod, he was one of the signers of the 'Declaration of Independence', and the founder of, what is now the University of Pennsylvania. This book presents a detailed and riveting review of Franklin's life based on excerpts from the renowned 1899 book on Franklin by Sydney George Fisher. This overview is augmented by a substantial selective bibliography, which features access through title, subject and author indexes.
Author : David Shenk
Publisher : Anchor Canada
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-04
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780385673785
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 Shenk shows, some neuroscientists believe that playing chess may actually alter the structure of the brain, that it may be for individuals what it has been for civilization: a virus that makes us smarter.
Author : Benjamin Franklin,George Walker
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0344176517
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Author : George Walker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1841
Category : Chess
ISBN : NYPL:33433082494745
Author : Anonymous,BiblioBazaar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1293100536
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Franklin As A Chess Player: His Famous Essay On The Morals Of Chess reprint Biography & Autobiography; Historical; Biography & Autobiography / Historical
Author : Benjamin Franklin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1824
Category : Statesmen
ISBN : BCUL:1092403714
Author : Philip Thicknesse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1784
Category : Automaton chess players
ISBN : KBNL:KBNL03000154798
Author : Benjamin Franklin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1806
Category : Electronic
ISBN : DMM:057002474865
Author : Benjamin Franklin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1806
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951002057109A
Author : Benjamin Franklin,George Walker,Reader in International Financial Law Centre for Commercial Law Studies George Walker, MD
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1294961144
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Benjamin Franklin
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1965-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0872206831
Too often dismissed as the least philosophic of the Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin had a deep and lasting impact on the shape of American political thought. In this substantial collection of Franklin's letters, essays, and lesser-known papers, Ralph Ketcham traces the development of Franklin's practical-and distinctly American-political thought from his earliest Silence Dogood essays to his final writings on the Constitution and The Evils of the Slave Trade.