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The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology Kurzweil, Ray
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780143037880
- Book Title
- Singularity Is Near : When Humans Transcend Biology
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 9.1 in
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Format
- Uk-B Format Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.4 in
- Genre
- Computers, Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Science, Medical
- Topic
- Biotechnology, Neuroscience, Intelligence (Ai) & Semantics, Future Studies, Life Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Nanotechnology & Mems, Robotics
- Item Weight
- 22 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 672 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0143037889
ISBN-13
9780143037880
eBay Product ID (ePID)
53561952
Product Key Features
Book Title
Singularity Is Near : When Humans Transcend Biology
Number of Pages
672 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Biotechnology, Neuroscience, Intelligence (Ai) & Semantics, Future Studies, Life Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Nanotechnology & Mems, Robotics
Publication Year
2006
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Computers, Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Science, Medical
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
22 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
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Reviews
Artfully envisions a breathtakingly better world. ( Los Angeles Times ) A pleasure to read. ( The Wall Street Journal ) The best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence (Bill Gates), Startling in scope and bravado. (Janet Maslin, "The New York Times") Artfully envisions a breathtakingly better world. ("Los Angeles Times") A pleasure to read. ("The Wall Street Journal") The best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence (Bill Gates)
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
153.9
Grade To
UP
Synopsis
In his latest, thrilling foray into the future, a great inventor and futurist envisions an event--the "singularity"--in which technological change becomes so rapid and so profound that human bodies and brains will merge with machines., NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Celebrated futurist Ray Kurzweil, hailed by Bill Gates as "the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence," presents an "elaborate, smart, and persuasive" ( The Boston Globe ) view of the future course of human development. "Artfully envisions a breathtakingly better world."-- Los Angeles Times "Startling in scope and bravado."--Janet Maslin, The New York Times "An important book."-- The Philadelphia Inquirer At the onset of the twenty-first century, humanity stands on the verge of the most transforming and thrilling period in its history. It will be an era in which the very nature of what it means to be human will be both enriched and challenged as our species breaks the shackles of its genetic legacy and achieves inconceivable heights of intelligence, material progress, and longevity. While the social and philosophical ramifications of these changes will be profound, and the threats they pose considerable, The Singularity Is Near presents a radical and optimistic view of the coming age that is both a dramatic culmination of centuries of technological ingenuity and a genuinely inspiring vision of our ultimate destiny., "Startling in scope and bravado." --Janet Maslin, The New York Times "Artfully envisions a breathtakingly better world." -- Los Angeles Times "Elaborate, smart and persuasive." -- The Boston Globe "A pleasure to read." -- The Wall Street Journal One of CBS News 's Best Fall Books of 2005 - Among St Louis Post-Dispatch 's Best Nonfiction Books of 2005 - One of Amazon.com's Best Science Books of 2005 A radical and optimistic view of the future course of human development from t he bestselling author of How to Create a Mind and The Age of Spiritual Machines who Bill Gates calls "the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence" For over three decades, Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future. In his classic The Age of Spiritual Machines , he argued that computers would soon rival the full range of human intelligence at its best. Now he examines the next step in this inexorable evolutionary process: the union of human and machine, in which the knowledge and skills embedded in our brains will be combined with the vastly greater capacity, speed, and knowledge-sharing ability of our creations., NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Celebrated futurist Ray Kurzweil, hailed by Bill Gates as "the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence," presents an "elaborate, smart, and persuasive" ( The Boston Globe ) view of the future course of human development. "Artfully envisions a breathtakingly better world."-- Los Angeles Times "Startling in scope and bravado."--Janet Maslin, The New York Times "An important book."-- The Philadelphia Inquirer At the onset of the twenty-first century, humanity stands on the verge of the most transforming and thrilling period in its history. It will be an era in which the very nature of what it means to be human will be both enriched and challenged as our species breaks the shackles of its genetic legacy and achieves inconceivable heights of intelligence, material progress, and longevity. While the social and philosophical ramifications of these changes will be profound, and the threats they pose considerable, The Singularity Is Near presents a radical and optimistic view of the coming age that is both a dramatic culmination of centuries of technological ingenuity and a genuinely inspiring vision of our ultimate destiny.
LC Classification Number
QP376.K85 2006
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