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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57201348 Title: The singularity is near : when humans transcend biology Author: Ray Kurzweil Publisher: New York : Viking, 2005. ISBN/ISSN: 0670033847 9780670033843 OCLC:57201348

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The singularity is near : when humans transcend biology

Author:	Ray Kurzweil
Publisher:	New York : Viking, 2005.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	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.
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Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Ray Kurzweil Find more information about:
ISBN:	0670033847 9780670033843
OCLC Number:	57201348
Description:	xvii, 652 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents:	The six epochs -- A theory of technology evolution : the law of accelerating returns -- Achieving the computational capacity of the human brain -- Achieving the software of human intelligence : how to reverse engineer the human brain -- GNR : three overlapping revolutions -- The impact ... -- Ich bin ein singularitarian -- The deeply intertwined promise and peril of GNR -- Response to critics -- Epilogue.
Responsibility:	Ray Kurzweil.
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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.

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