TheSingularityisNear

Praise for The Singularity Is Near One of CBS News’s Best Fall Books of 2005 Among St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Best Nonfiction Books of 2005 One of Amazon.com’s Best Science Books of 2005 “Anyone can grasp Mr. Kurzweil’s main idea: that mankind’s technological knowledge has been snowballing, with dizzying prospects for the future. The basics are clearly expressed. But for those more knowledgeable and inquisitive, the author argues his case in fascinating detail. . . . The Singularity Is Near is startling in scope and bravado.” —Janet Maslin, The New York Times “Filled with imaginative, scientifically grounded speculation. . . . The Singularity Is Near is worth reading just for its wealth of information, all lucidly presented. . . . [It’s] an important book. Not everything that Kurzweil predicts may come to pass, but a lot of it will, and even if you don’t agree with everything he says, it’s all worth paying attention to.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer “[An] exhilarating and terrifyingly deep look at where we are headed as a species. . . . Mr. Kurzweil is a brilliant scientist and futurist, and he makes a compelling and, indeed, a very movi......