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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... chapters on one as- pect or another . This chapter provides those sketches and sets the stage for what follows . All this can be read as posing a grand “ What if ? ” question : What if molecular manufacturing and its products replace ...
... chapters on one as- pect or another . This chapter provides those sketches and sets the stage for what follows . All this can be read as posing a grand “ What if ? ” question : What if molecular manufacturing and its products replace ...
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... Chapter 4 ) . There is now a better pic- ture of how those capabilities can come together in the next steps ( see Chapter 5 ) , and of how advanced molecular manufacturing can work ( see Chapter 6 ) . Nanotechnology has arrived as an ...
... Chapter 4 ) . There is now a better pic- ture of how those capabilities can come together in the next steps ( see Chapter 5 ) , and of how advanced molecular manufacturing can work ( see Chapter 6 ) . Nanotechnology has arrived as an ...
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... chapter , we looked at the state of current research , but from there to the nanotechnology of even the Pocket Library sce- nario is a leap . How will this gap be crossed ? In this chapter , we outline how emerging technologies can lead ...
... chapter , we looked at the state of current research , but from there to the nanotechnology of even the Pocket Library sce- nario is a leap . How will this gap be crossed ? In this chapter , we outline how emerging technologies can lead ...
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The Molecular World | 44 |
BottomUp Technology | 57 |
Paths Pioneers and Progress | 84 |
Copyright | |
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