Unbounding the Future: The Nanotechnology RevolutionA comprehensive, easy-to-understand handbook that explains what nanotechnology is and how it will revolutionize life in the future. The world's leading expert in the field, Drexler also examines the spectacular accomplishments that might result from a breakthrough: elimination of disease and pollution. 20 illustrations. |
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Page 123
... better to build in parallel from the very beginning , making many trillions of these molecules all at the same time . I think there is tremendous power in parallel assembly . Maybe another field , chemistry or biology , offers a better ...
... better to build in parallel from the very beginning , making many trillions of these molecules all at the same time . I think there is tremendous power in parallel assembly . Maybe another field , chemistry or biology , offers a better ...
Page 269
... better assemblers , which are used to build yet better assemblers , in laboratories and hobby shops around the world . Products begin to pour forth . The economy is thrown into tur- moil . Military equipment also begins to pour forth ...
... better assemblers , which are used to build yet better assemblers , in laboratories and hobby shops around the world . Products begin to pour forth . The economy is thrown into tur- moil . Military equipment also begins to pour forth ...
Page 277
... better in the old days , " at least for them , and despite real losses - many people of goodwill can look at the world , contemplate the whole , and af- firm that this change is , on the whole , a change for the better . PROSPECTS ...
... better in the old days , " at least for them , and despite real losses - many people of goodwill can look at the world , contemplate the whole , and af- firm that this change is , on the whole , a change for the better . PROSPECTS ...
Contents
The Molecular World | 44 |
BottomUp Technology | 57 |
Paths Pioneers and Progress | 84 |
Copyright | |
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