The pictures on the left are a random selection taken from the galleries below - each gallery relating to a section of the book.
Genetics, synthetic biology and the quest to live forever
Robots, artificial Intelligence, nanotechnology, the internet and a new era of space travel
Climate Change, the world's most impressive microwave, deep in the outback, diving with a president and the lap of luxury
Making sense of it all: Kurzweil, Enriquez, Seely-Brown, TED.com... and back home