The Immortal Game: A History Of Chess Unabridged 7-Disc Set

The Immortal Game: A History Of Chess Unabridged 7-Disc AUDIO BOOK CD war art + Type: Audio Book Platform: Audio CD Publisher: Books on Tape Released: 2006 Media: CD THE IMMORTAL GAME: A HISTORY OF CHESS UNABRIDGED 7-DISC SETThe Immortal Game: A History of Chess or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science...The Immortal Game By David Shenk Read by John H. Mayer Non-Fiction 8 hours, 4 minutes • 7 compact discsA 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? 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.In his wide-ranging and absorbing 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 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.For CD Player