Thoughtful and erudite... Intelligent and readable...Will appeal to people who enjoyed Longitude by Dava Sobel or Fermat's Enigma by Simon Singh. -The San Diego Union Tribune
""Most engaging.""-The Boston Globe
""An optimistic and reassuring assertion that no matter what wonders we invent, human beings . . . remain infinitely more complex and interesting.""-The Economist
A lively, informative examination of the computer revolution-and why the top-performing information-processing device is still the human brain
If we believe the forecasts of many computer enthusiasts, a wave...