Singularity Is Near : When Humans Transcend Biology

English

ISBN: 0143037889

EAN: 9780143037880

Category: Technology & Engineering / Nanotechnology & MEMS/Science / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics/Medical / Neuroscience/Technology & Engineering / Robotics/Science / Life Sciences / Evolution/

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Release Date: 09/27/2006

Age Range: 18-UP

Synopsis: 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.

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Singularity Is Near : When Humans Transcend Biology

Illustrated: Yes

Format: UK-B Format Paperback

Height: 1.42 inches

Width: 5.88 inches

Length: 9.13 inches

Weight: 22.43 oz

Pages: 672