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Wolfgang Von Kempelen : A Biography by Alice Reininger (2011, Hardcover)

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Wolfgang von Kempelen: A Biography (East European Monograph) by Reininger, Alice [Hardcover]

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Product Identifiers

PublisherEastern European Monographs

ISBN-100880336919

ISBN-139780880336918

eBay Product ID (ePID)109099991

Product Key Features

Number of Pages220 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameWolfgang Von Kempelen : a Biography

Publication Year2011

SubjectModern / 18th Century, Historical, Science & Technology

TypeTextbook

AuthorAlice Reininger

Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, History

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight18.2 Oz

Item Length0.9 in

Item Width0.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2011-939435

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

Dewey Decimal609.2 B

SynopsisOver the centuries, much has been written about Wolfgang von Kempelen, the inventor of the "speaking machine," and author of Mechanism Of Human Speech (1791) on philology, linguistic technology and phonetics. This book illuminates the life of this very eccentric thinker, his achievements, and even his legendary reputation. Very little was known about his other achievements and the rest of his life. The subject addressed by most was and is what is commonly referred to as the "the Turk" (a chess-playing automaton) which for years has stimulated and still stimulates the fantasy of anyone who sees it. Where studies on von Kempelen have in the past been based on speculation and tall tales, for the first time a complete and exact survey on the facts and dates of Kempelen's life are given. The research for this book concentrated on the facts which were found mainly in the archives in Vienna, Budapest, Bratislava among other institutions.

LC Classification NumberT40.K39R45 2012