Engines of CreationThis brilliant work heralds the new age of nanotechnology, which will give us thorough and inexpensive control of the structure of matter. Drexler examines the enormous implications of these developments for medicine, the economy, and the environment, and makes astounding yet well-founded projections for the future. |
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Page 77
These will interact like neurons, but will work faster. Neurons, though complex, do
seem simple enough for a mind to understand and an engineer to imitate. Indeed
, neurobiologists have learned much about their structure and function, even ...
These will interact like neurons, but will work faster. Neurons, though complex, do
seem simple enough for a mind to understand and an engineer to imitate. Indeed
, neurobiologists have learned much about their structure and function, even ...
Page 78
Neural synapses respond to signals in thousandths of a second; experimental
electronic switches respond a hundred million times faster (and nanoelectronic
switches will be faster yet). Neural signals travel at under one hundred meters
per ...
Neural synapses respond to signals in thousandths of a second; experimental
electronic switches respond a hundred million times faster (and nanoelectronic
switches will be faster yet). Neural signals travel at under one hundred meters
per ...
Page 149
But no one has seen anything move faster than light. Distant spots seen by radio
telescopes sometimes appear to move faster, but simple tricks of perspective
easily explain how this can be. Hypothetical particles called "tachyons" would
move ...
But no one has seen anything move faster than light. Distant spots seen by radio
telescopes sometimes appear to move faster, but simple tricks of perspective
easily explain how this can be. Hypothetical particles called "tachyons" would
move ...
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User Review - nubianangel - Overstock.comEngines of Creation is a very good book to help the nonscientist get a grasp on the complexities of nano technology where we are and where we could go with it. While it breaks the information down to ... Read full review
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User Review - mentatjack - LibraryThingThis is one of my favorite science non-fiction books ever. If you've enjoyed any of the nanotechnology in science fiction in the last few decades, it was probably informed in some way by Drexler's ... Read full review
Contents
PART om THE FOUNDATIONS OF FORESIGHT 1 Engines of Construction | 15 |
The Principles of Change | 21 |
Predicting and Projecting | 41 |
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| Title | Engines of Creation Science, technical The Anchor library of science |
| Author | K. Eric Drexler |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1986 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 9 Aug 2011 |
| ISBN | 0385199732, 9780385199735 |
| Length | 298 pages |
| Subjects | › Science / Applied Sciences Science / Nanoscience |
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