Focusing on the breakthrough field of molecular engineering--a new technology enabling scientists to build tiny machines atom by atom--the author offers projections on how this ...

Explores current trends in nanotechnology and looks at possibilities for the future in areas such as robots and engines, digital technology, transportation, and medicine.

Speculates on the impact of certain advanced technologies on human society and their relationship with the natural world.

Nanotechnology: Understanding Small Systems provides a treatment of the world's fastest-growing field. Its multidisciplinary nature - which draws from physics, chemistry ...