Factoring Humanity

by Robert J. Sawyer

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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. "Factoring Humanity" is a 1999 Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel.
  • ISBN10 0606186409
  • ISBN13 9780606186407
  • Publish Date 11 January 1999 (first published 31 December 1998)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 10 April 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Turtleback Books
  • Edition Turtleback School & Library ed.
  • Format Hardcover (Library Binding)
  • Language English