Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of NanotechnologyIn this original book about the consequences of new technologies, Drexler takes the reader through exhilarating new discoveries and the promise of those around the corner. Beginning with the insight that what we can do depends on what we can build, Drexler analyzes nanotechnology, which involves the manipulation of individual atoms and molecules. He makes a plausible case for expecting technological developments in artificial intelligence and molecular engineering that will result in tiny mechanisms being controlled by microscopic powerful thinking computers. He also explains how the new alternatives could be directed toward vital human concerns -- wealth or poverty, health or sickness, peace or war. ISBN 0-385-19972-4: $17.95. |
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... — Forecasts . I. Title . T47.D74 1986 600 ISBN : 0-385-19973-2 ( pbk ) 85-25362 Copyright 1986 by K. Eric Drexler All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America FOREWORD K. ERIC DREXLER'S Engines of Creation is an enormously.
... — Forecasts . I. Title . T47.D74 1986 600 ISBN : 0-385-19973-2 ( pbk ) 85-25362 Copyright 1986 by K. Eric Drexler All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America FOREWORD K. ERIC DREXLER'S Engines of Creation is an enormously.
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... Engines of Creation sets us on the threshold of genuinely significant changes ; nanotechnology could have more effect on our material existence than those last two great inventions in that domain - the replacement of sticks and stones ...
... Engines of Creation sets us on the threshold of genuinely significant changes ; nanotechnology could have more effect on our material existence than those last two great inventions in that domain - the replacement of sticks and stones ...
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... govern a territory or a world . Even the most ruthless police have no use for nuclear weapons , but they do have use for bugs , drugs , assassins , and other flexible engines of power . With advanced technology , 174 ENGINES OF CREATION.
... govern a territory or a world . Even the most ruthless police have no use for nuclear weapons , but they do have use for bugs , drugs , assassins , and other flexible engines of power . With advanced technology , 174 ENGINES OF CREATION.
Contents
Engines of Construction | 3 |
The Principles of Change | 21 |
Predicting and Projecting | 39 |
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