Behind Deep Blue: Building the Computer That Defeated the World Chess Champion
A Nonfiction, Computers, Biography book. Hsu isn't exactly a gifted wordsmith, and it would be nice to hear a little more...
On May 11, 1997, as millions worldwide watched a stunning victory unfold on television, a machine shocked the chess world by defeating the defending world champion, Garry Kasparov. Written by the man who started the adventure, Behind Deep Blue reveals the inside story of what happened behind the scenes at the two historic Deep Blue vs. Kasparov matches. This is also the story behind the quest to create the mother of all chess machines. The book unveils how a modest student project eventually produced a multimillion dollar supercomputer, from the development of the scientific ideas through technical setbacks, rivalry in the race to develop the ultimate chess machine, and wild controversies to the final triumph over the world's greatest human player.In nontechnical, conversational prose, Feng-hsiung Hsu, the system architect of Deep Blue, tells us how he and a small team...
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- Pages: 320 pages
- ISBN: 9780691118185 / 691118183
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More About Behind Deep Blue: Building the Computer That Defeated the World Chess Champion
Hsu isn't exactly a gifted wordsmith, and it would be nice to hear a little more about his ethos as a toolmaker and his thoughts on what was happening, and a little less about each and every single move from a particular chess game, but this remains a fascinating, enjoyably unvarnished look at the day-to-day machinations of pushing... computer geeks, chess fanatics Amazon third party, 2009-10-08. Suffers from Smoot's Disease (see: Wrinkles in Time), but has its strong moments.
