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 194
If nanotechnology were being developed as part of a secret military program,
their intelligence analysts would fear the development of a subtle but decisive
weapon, perhaps based on programmable "germs." Depending on the
circumstances, ...
If nanotechnology were being developed as part of a secret military program,
their intelligence analysts would fear the development of a subtle but decisive
weapon, perhaps based on programmable "germs." Depending on the
circumstances, ...
Page 199
We have more chance of banning space weapons than we do of banning
nanotechnology, and this might even be the best way to minimize our near-term
risks. In choosing a long-term strategy for controlling the arms race, though, we
must ...
We have more chance of banning space weapons than we do of banning
nanotechnology, and this might even be the best way to minimize our near-term
risks. In choosing a long-term strategy for controlling the arms race, though, we
must ...
Page 238
If the idea of nanotechnology were free from the idea of its danger, then
nanotechnology would be a greater danger than it already is. But in a world
grown wary of technology, this threat seems slight. Yet other idea fragments will
spread, ...
If the idea of nanotechnology were free from the idea of its danger, then
nanotechnology would be a greater danger than it already is. But in a world
grown wary of technology, this threat seems slight. Yet other idea fragments will
spread, ...
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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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Bibliographic information
| 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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