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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... economic integration . Molecular manufacturing will work against this trend as well , permitting radical decentralization in economic terms . This will help groups that wish to step aside from the stream of change , enabling them to be ...
... economic integration . Molecular manufacturing will work against this trend as well , permitting radical decentralization in economic terms . This will help groups that wish to step aside from the stream of change , enabling them to be ...
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... economic growth to a halt in an increasingly impoverished world . Population growth dur- ing this time has slowed , but creates great economic and environ- mental pressures . Resource conflicts escalate into war . The climate has ...
... economic growth to a halt in an increasingly impoverished world . Population growth dur- ing this time has slowed , but creates great economic and environ- mental pressures . Resource conflicts escalate into war . The climate has ...
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... economic power has grown , with other East Asian economies beginning to close the gap . Their greater in- vestment in long - range civilian R & D , with a focus since the late 1980s on engineering molecular systems , has enabled them to ...
... economic power has grown , with other East Asian economies beginning to close the gap . Their greater in- vestment in long - range civilian R & D , with a focus since the late 1980s on engineering molecular systems , has enabled them to ...
Contents
The Molecular World | 44 |
BottomUp Technology | 57 |
Paths Pioneers and Progress | 84 |
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