Ray Kurzweil, Author . Viking $29.95 (652p) ISBN 978-0-670-03384-3
Renowned inventor Kurzweil (The Age of Spiritual Machines
) may be technology's most credibly hyperbolic optimist. Elsewhere he has argued that eliminating fat intake can prevent cancer; here, his quarry is the future of consciousness and...
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Ray Kurzweil, Author Viking Books $25.95 (388p) ISBN 978-0-670-88217-5
According to the law of accelerating returns, explains futurist Kurzweil (The Age of Intelligent Machines), technological gains are made at an exponential rate. In his utopian vision of the 21st century, our lives will change not merely...
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Ray Kurzweil, Author Penguin Audiobooks $19.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-14-086888-3
Kurzweil's reasoned scenarios of a ""post-biological future"" are as harrowing as any science fiction. That's the appeal of listening on tape to the inventor and MIT professor's provocative speculations on what could occur once computers reach or...
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Ray Kurzweil. Viking, $27.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-67-002529-9
Bringing together contemporary theories and research in cognitive neuroscience and artificial intelligence, Kurzweil (The Singularity is Near) provides insight into how the human brain functions, while speculating on the possibilities and...
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Ray Kurzweil, Author, Terry Grossman, Author Rodale Press $27.95 (454p) ISBN 978-1-60529-956-3
According to futurist Kurzweil (The Singularity is Near) and homeopathic medical doctor Grossman (The Baby Boomer's Guide to Living Forever), medicine is transforming into an information technology, which by its nature advances at an exponential...
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Ray Kurzweil, Author, Raymond Kurzweil, Author MIT Press (MA) $45 (580p) ISBN 978-0-262-61079-7
In a work the Association of American Publishers named the Most Outstanding Computer Science Book of 1990, Kurzweil and 23 other contributors explore the history and potential of artificial intelligence. Illustrated. (Mar.)
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Ray Kurzweil, Author, Raymond Kurzweil, Author, Steve R. Flier, Foreword by Crown Publishers $20 (357p) ISBN 978-0-517-59106-2
Kurzweil is a man on a mission: to save the Western world from a diet too rich in fat and calories. He believes that the current medical recommendations from such groups as the American Heart Association don't go far enough. His ``10% solution''...
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Ray Kurzweil. Viking, $35 (448p) ISBN 978-0-399-56276-1
In this fanciful prognosis, Kurzweil explores how technological advances made since the publication of his 2005 book, The Singularity Is Near, will affect humanity’s future. His predictions are based on his belief that around 2045 and “aided by...
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