{"product_id":"the-singularity-is-near-ray-kurzweil-9780143037880","title":"The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Startling in scope and bravado.\" --Janet Maslin, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Artfully envisions a breathtakingly better world.\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Elaborate, smart and persuasive.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A pleasure to read.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eCBS News\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Fall Books of 2005 \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAmong \u003ci\u003eSt Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Nonfiction Books of 2005 \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eOne of Amazon.com's Best Science Books of 2005 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA radical and optimistic view of the future course of human development from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Create a Mind \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Singularity is Nearer \u003c\/i\u003ewho Bill Gates calls \"the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Spiritual Machines\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ray Kurzweil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143037889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143037880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2009 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/24\/2011 pg. 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2015 pg. 45","brand":"Ray Kurzweil","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052103430399,"sku":"9780143037880","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3131eeac-2531-40b3-a6fa-676deb417645.jpg?v=1685016971","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-singularity-is-near-ray-kurzweil-9780143037880","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}