Immortal Game A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science, and the Human Brain

David Shenk is the author of three previous books, includingData Smog,whichThe New York Timeshailed as an "indispensable guide to the big picture of technology's cultural impact." A former fellow at the Freedom Forum Media Studies Center at Columbia University, he has written forHarper's, Wired, Salon, The New Republic, The Washington Post,andThe New Yorker,and is an occasional commentator for NPR'sAll Things Considered.He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and daughter.Shenk, David is the author of 'Immortal Game A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science, and the Human Brain', published 2007 under ISBN 9781400034086 and ISBN 1400034086.