The pictures on the left are a random selection taken from the galleries below - each gallery relating to a section of the book.

Gallery 1: 'Man'

Genetics, synthetic biology and the quest to live forever

Gallery 2: 'Machine'

Robots, artificial Intelligence, nanotechnology, the internet and a new era of space travel

Gallery 3: 'Earth'

Climate Change, the world's most impressive microwave, deep in the outback, diving with a president and the lap of luxury

Gallery 4: 'Re-boot' / 'Me'

Making sense of it all: Kurzweil, Enriquez, Seely-Brown, TED.com... and back home