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Subject: Re: Book recommendation

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 13:34:52 03/15/02

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On March 15, 2002 at 06:05:57, Andrew Williams wrote:

>Hi,
>
>For anyone interested in Computers and checkers, I'd strongly recommend
>Jonathan Schaeffer's "One Jump Ahead", which relates the story of Chinook's
>rise to the top of the world of checkers. It's not overly technical, but
>it does give a really good insight into the psyche of the Chinook team and
>of their opponents. An excellent read.
>
>Andrew


Apparently this book is available in hardcover only.

Here it is at Amazon.com (may be cheapest):
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0387949305/103-2822596-3367032

And at Barnes & Noble:
http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp&isbn=0387949305

And at FatBrain:
http://www1.fatbrain.com/asp/bookinfo/bookinfo.asp?theisbn=0387949305&vm=

And at BooksAMillion:
http://www.booksamillion.com/ncom/books?id=2162278866680&pid=0387949305

And at Half.com (used but not cheap):
http://www.half.com/cat/buy/prod.cgi?cpid=669537



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