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Ray Kurzweil
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Ray Kurzweil is one of the world's leading inventors, thinkers, and futurists, with a thirty-year track record of accurate predictions. Called "the restless genius" by The Wall Street Journal and "the ultimate thinking machine" by Forbes magazine, he 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 the "sixteen revolutionaries who made America."Ray was the principal inventor of the first CCD flat-bed scanner, the first omni-font optical character recognition, the first...
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Amir Alexander
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Amir Alexander is a writer, historian, and mathematician living in Los Angeles. His latest book, Proof! How the World Became Geometrical (2019) tells the story of how geometry, conceived over 2000 years ago, came to shape the world we know today. From the gardens of Versailles to the streets of Washington DC and beyond, geometry has not only fashioned our landscapes, but also our art, our ideals, and our politicsAmir's previous books have focused on the deep interconnections between mathematics and our human world. Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World (2014) , brought to life...
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