2020, ISBN: 9781865080260

St Leonards, N.S.W., Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1999. xii, + 388pp., b/white illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, slight crinkling to margin of a small section… Mehr…

St Leonards, N.S.W., Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1999. xii, + 388pp., b/white illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, slight crinkling to margin of a small section of leaves, and a hint of tanning to edges. Illustrated card wrapper has a soft vertical reading crease to front panel, a soft corner crease to same, minor indentations. " . . . a framework for envisioning the twenty-first century in which one advance or invention leads inexorably to another. Kurzweil forecasts: computers will exceed the memory capacity and computing speed of the human brain by 2020; paraplegics will be able to walk through a combination of nerve stimulation and robotic devices; you will be able to choose the personality of your automated computer assistant; a mere nine years later you will be able to enhance your intelligence with neural implants; virtual reality will enable you to be with your lover with full auditory, visual and eventually tactile realism. The upshot is that human identity will be called into question as never before . . . " Book weight approx. 685g. . First Thus. Softcover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall., Allen & Unwin, 1999<

2020, ISBN: 9781865080260

St Leonards, N.S.W., Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1999. xii, + 388pp., b/white illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, slight crinkling to margin of a small section… Mehr…

St Leonards, N.S.W., Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1999. xii, + 388pp., b/white illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, slight crinkling to margin of a small section of leaves, and a hint of tanning to edges. Illustrated card wrapper has a soft vertical reading crease to front panel, a soft corner crease to same, minor indentations. " . . . a framework for envisioning the twenty-first century in which one advance or invention leads inexorably to another. Kurzweil forecasts: computers will exceed the memory capacity and computing speed of the human brain by 2020; paraplegics will be able to walk through a combination of nerve stimulation and robotic devices; you will be able to choose the personality of your automated computer assistant; a mere nine years later you will be able to enhance your intelligence with neural implants; virtual reality will enable you to be with your lover with full auditory, visual and eventually tactile realism. The upshot is that human identity will be called into question as never before . . . " Book weight approx. 685g. . First Thus. Softcover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall., Allen & Unwin, 1999<

1999, ISBN: 9781865080260

St. Leonards: Allen & Unwin Pty., Limited, 1999 388 pages. The page edges are lightly foxed. Corners creased. Due to the disruption to international deliveries as a result of COVID-19… Mehr…

St. Leonards: Allen & Unwin Pty., Limited, 1999 388 pages. The page edges are lightly foxed. Corners creased. Due to the disruption to international deliveries as a result of COVID-19 we are currently only posting items WITHIN AUSTRALIA.. Paperback. Very Good. Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm)., Allen & Unwin Pty., Limited, 1999<