Behind Deep Blue

• Author : Feng-Hsiung Hsu
• Publisher : Princeton University Press
• Release : 15 February 2004

Feng-hsiung Hsu provides a behind-the-scenes look at the two matches between the Deep Blue chess machine and world champion Garry Kasparov, and discusses his quest to develop the machine at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center.

• Author : April Genevieve Tucholke
• Publisher : Faber & Faber
• Release : 01 April 2014

Faded Gatsby glamour and thrilling gothic horror meet in this gorgeously told, terrifying and dreamy YA romance. 'You stop fearing the devil when you're holding his hand...' Nothing much exciting rolls through Violet White's sleepy, seaside town...until River West comes along. River rents the guesthouse behind Violet's crumbling estate, and as eerie, grim things start to happen, Violet begins to wonder about the boy living in her backyard. Is River just a crooked-smiling liar with pretty eyes and

• Author : Monty Newborn,Monroe Newborn
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release : 30 July 2021

A technological milestone is not just a triumph, but a rare, pivotal watershed: Orville Wright's first flight, NASA's landing on the moon¿the victory of a digital computer, Deep Blue, over world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997. "Deep Blue: An Artificial Intelligence Milestone" details the historic endeavor to develop a chess-playing computer that would outplay the best human player on Earth. The story tells of the super-talented team of scientists and engineers involved, how one of America's mightiest corporations nurtured

• Author : Donald McLarty
• Publisher : Ulverscroft
• Release : 30 July 1992

• Author : Gill Suttle
• Publisher : Long Riders Guild Press
• Release : 01 February 2007

To those for whom the name of Syria conjures up images of George W. Bush's "Axis of Evil", or who picture the Middle East in general to be a place of endemic unrest or squabbling religious factions, this book will come as a revelation. Here they will discover a nation where all clans and creeds live in enviable harmony, their goodwill towards each other exceeded only by the warmth of their welcome to an eccentric foreigner. The author enjoyed a

• Author : Alan Judd
• Publisher : Simon and Schuster
• Release : 12 January 2017

From the author of Legacy, now a major BBC Film, comes a brilliant new novel for fans of le Carre, Graham Greene and Charles Cumming. During a time of political disruption and rising anti-nuclear sentiment, MI5 discovers that an extremist fringe group, Action Against Austerity, appears to have links to an established political party while planning sabotage using something or someone called Deep Blue. Banned from investigating British political parties, the head of MI5 seeks advice from Charles Thoroughgood, his

• Author : Feng-hsiung Hsu
• Publisher : Princeton University Press
• Release : 30 July 2021

"Behind Deep Blue" is not just another tale of man versus machine. This fascinating book tells how man as genius (chess champion Gary Kasparov) was given an ultimate, unforgettable run for his mind--not by the genius of a computer, but of man as toolmaker. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

• Author : August Tern
• Publisher : iUniverse
• Release : 01 February 2002

A boy deeply troubled about his future. An aging drifter tormented by the past. They meet by a campfire in late summer and their lives are forever changed.

• Author : Bruce Pandolfini
• Publisher : Simon and Schuster
• Release : 16 October 1997

Follows the historical chess tournament between world chess champion Garry Kasparov and the chess program Deep Blue, in a game-by-game, play-by-play analysis

• Author : Debbie Dadey
• Publisher : Aladdin
• Release : 29 January 2013

Pearl’s fear of sharks is not unfounded—but can she find a way to feel safe in this Mermaid Tales adventure? Late-breaking news from the Trident City Tide: There have been shark sightings in Trident City! No swimming alone! Pearl’s father even hires a Shark Guard to escort her to school. Pearl starts stirring up lots of trouble with anything that has to do with sharks, even denouncing the skeleton Kiki has in her room. And then, to

• Author : Jeremy Robinson,Ethan Cross,Kane Gilmour
• Publisher : Breakneck Media
• Release : 25 February 2014

In 2011, Jeremy Robinson released a series of eight novellas—deemed the ‘Chesspocalypse.’ Each novella follows a single member of the Chess Team from his Jack Sigler thriller series. The stories take place after the events of Threshold, the third full-length novel in the series, and before the events of Ragnarok, the fourth. The novellas are all co-authored by Jeremy Robinson and one of six other fantastic authors. The Chesspocalypse novellas are designed to introduce readers to the series. If you

• Author : Debbie Dadey
• Publisher : Simon and Schuster
• Release : 29 January 2013

Pearl’s fear of sharks is not unfounded—but can she find a way to feel safe in this Mermaid Tales adventure? Late-breaking news from the Trident City Tide: There have been shark sightings in Trident City! No swimming alone! Pearl’s father even hires a Shark Guard to escort her to school. Pearl starts stirring up lots of trouble with anything that has to do with sharks, even denouncing the skeleton Kiki has in her room. And then, to

• Author : Tom Savage
• Publisher : Alibi
• Release : 09 April 2019

Nora Baron returns! The CIA’s most unlikely agent faces her deadliest challenge yet among the islands of the West Indies in this nonstop thriller from USA Today bestselling author Tom Savage. “Tom Savage knows the mystery novel inside and out.”—James Patterson A typical middle-aged couple on a first-class Caribbean cruise: That’s what the CIA needs for its latest mission, and husband-and-wife agents Jeff and Nora Baron leap at the chance. All they have to do is observe

• Author : Vannak Anan Prum
• Publisher : Seven Stories Press
• Release : 07 August 2018

Too poor to pay his pregnant wife's hospital bill, Vannak Anan Prum left his village in Cambodia to seek work in Thailand. Men who appeared to be employers on a fishing vessel promised to return him home after a few months at sea, but instead Vannak was hostaged on the vessel for four years of hard labor. Amid violence and cruelty, including frequent beheadings, Vannak survived in large part by honing his ability to tattoo his shipmates--a skill he possessed

• Author : Bradler Smith
• Publisher : Bradler Smith
• Release : 01 January 0101

This is a contemporary fantasy tale about three good friends and their desire to do something extraordinary. Sprig, the dormouse and her best friend, Whisker - or Whisk - the rat, team up with the self-important jackdaw, Scram, to embark on a perilous adventure: they will turn an old bucket into a sailing boat, navigate the river Whip and sail the sea ... in a bucket-boat! I got the idea to write this book due to my little boy, Brad. In