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The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
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Ray Kurzweil
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Viking Pr
Publication date
September 22, 2005
Pages
652
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780670033843
ISBN-10
0670033847
Dimensions
2 by 6.25 by 9.50 in.
Weight
2.15 lbs.
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Out of Print
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$29.95
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sci/tech
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
The MIT-Lemelson Prize-winning scientist and author of The Age of Spiritual Machines predicts that technology will one day merge with the human body and mind, describing a powerful human-machine civilization in which biological and virtual reality will coexist and numerous social and scientific problems will be resolved. 75,000 first printing.
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Hardcover
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from Viking Pr (September 22, 2005)
9780670033843 | details & prices | 652 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 2.00 in. | 2.15 lbs | List price $29.95
About: A controversial scientific vision predicts a time in which humans and machines will merge and create a new form of non-biological intelligence, explaining how the occurrence will solve such issues as pollution, hunger, and aging.
About: A controversial scientific vision predicts a time in which humans and machines will merge and create a new form of non-biological intelligence, explaining how the occurrence will solve such issues as pollution, hunger, and aging.
Paperback
from Penguin USA (September 26, 2006)
9780143037880 | details & prices | 652 pages | 6.25 × 8.50 × 1.75 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $24.00
About: A controversial scientific vision by the author of The Age of Spiritual Machines predicts a time in which humans and machines will merge and create a new form of non-biological intelligence, explaining how the occurrence will solve such issues as pollution, hunger, and aging.
About: A controversial scientific vision by the author of The Age of Spiritual Machines predicts a time in which humans and machines will merge and create a new form of non-biological intelligence, explaining how the occurrence will solve such issues as pollution, hunger, and aging.
With Stationery Office (other contributor) |
from The Stationery Office/Tso (November 1, 1994); titled "Geology of the Country Around Harrogate"
9780118844895 | details & prices | List price $40.00
This edition also contains Geology of the Country Around Harrogate
This edition also contains Geology of the Country Around Harrogate
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