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ABOUT THE AUTHOR (BACK FLAP)
Ray Kurzweil is one of the world's leading inventors, thinkers, and futurists, with a twenty-year track record 
of accurate predictions. Called "the restless genius" by 
The Wall Street Journal
and "the ultimate thinking 
machine" by 
Forbes
magazine, Kurzweil was selected as one of the top entrepreneurs by 
Inc.
magazine, 
which described him as the "rightful heir to Thomas Edison." PBS selected him as one of "sixteen 
revolutionaries who made America," along with other inventors of the past two centuries. An inductee into 
the National Inventors Hall of Fame and recipient of the National Medal of Technology, the Lemelson-MIT 
Prize (the world's largest award for innovation), thirteen honorary doctorates, and awards from three U.S. 
presidents, he is the author of four previous books: 
Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever
(coauthored with Terry Grossman, M.D.), 
The Age of Spiritual Machines
, 
The 10% Solution for a Healthy 
Life
, and 
The Age of Intelligent Machines
.
 

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The Singularity Is Near 

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A L S O B Y R A Y K U R Z W E I L
The Age of Intelligent Machines 
The 10% Solution for a Healthy Life 
The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceeds Human Intelligence 
Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough To Live Forever
(with Terry Grossman, M.D.) 

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RAY KURZWEIL 
The Singularity Is Near 
W H E N H U M A N S T R A N S C E N D B I O L O G Y
VIKING 

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