Introduction Computers can be considered one of the most important of all modern inventions. One can go so far as to say that without the Computer there would not have been such dramatic technological advances over the years. What is this computer and how is it so important t...

The Age of Spiritual Machines presents a history of computers, lookingat how past trends in computing have led to today's personal machines.Author Ray Kurzweil then goes beyond history to look towards the future.Most audiences are familiar with the notion that computers will one daythink faste...