Interesting characters, fast-paced plotting, science threaded elegantly into the prose - he does it all with grace and style. Sawyer writes my favourite kind of science fiction. Factoring Humanity presents some fascinating mathematical speculations and a true sense of wonder about the universe, yet it never loses sight of its human story.' - Starlog 'Sawyer manages to gather his various plots into one seamless, hugely entertaining thriller. 'Sawyer's latest novel explores the enigmatic and perplexing landscape of the human mind and the interplay of true, false, implanted, and collective memories that comprise the phenomenon of consciousness. Scientifically plausible, fictionally intriguing and ethically important.' - New Scientist This special Kobo edition includes the bonus short story Flashes and a reading group guide. 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. 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. 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. Heather Davis a professor in the University of Toronto psychology department, has devoted her career to deciphering the message. Mysterious, unintelligible data streams in for ten years. In 2007, a signal is detected coming from the Alpha Centauri system.

Factoring humanity