Factoring Humanity (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of Factoring Humanity Monday, August 3 2009.

• In the near future, a signal is detected coming from the Alpha Centauri system. Mysterious, unintelligible data streams in for ten years. Heather Davis, a professor in the University of Toronto psychology department, has devoted her career to deciphering the message. Her estranged husband, Kyle, is working on the development of artificial intelligence systems and new computer technology utilizing quantum effects to produce a near-infinite number of calculations simultaneously. When Heather achieves a breakthrough, the message reveals a startling new technology that rips the barriers of space and time, holding the promise of a new stage of human evolution. In concert with Kyle's discoveries of the nature of consciousness, the key to limitless exploration---or the end of the human race---appears close at hand. Sawyer has created a gripping thriller, a pulse-pounding tour of the farthest reaches of technology.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Factoring Humanity Tuesday, July 28 2009.

• Added a contributor: Robert J. Sawyer: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Factoring Humanity Friday, July 17 2009.

• HEATHER DAVIS TOOK A SIP OF HER COFFEE and looked at the brass clock on the mantelpiece.