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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... nature need no longer be seen as a storehouse of natural resources to be plundered . Chapter 9 will discuss just how little need be taken from nature to provide humans with wealth , and how post - breakthrough technologies can remove from ...
... nature need no longer be seen as a storehouse of natural resources to be plundered . Chapter 9 will discuss just how little need be taken from nature to provide humans with wealth , and how post - breakthrough technologies can remove from ...
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... nature can be redirected to make new molecular machines . The expertise built up by chemists in more than a century of steady progress will be crucial in molecular design and construction . Both disciplines routinely handle molecules by ...
... nature can be redirected to make new molecular machines . The expertise built up by chemists in more than a century of steady progress will be crucial in molecular design and construction . Both disciplines routinely handle molecules by ...
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... nature of proteins : Rather than trying to cut up proteins , he tried to build up things starting with amino acids and other similar mono- mers . In 1935 , he succeeded in making nylon . DeGrado explains ; " There is a deep ...
... nature of proteins : Rather than trying to cut up proteins , he tried to build up things starting with amino acids and other similar mono- mers . In 1935 , he succeeded in making nylon . DeGrado explains ; " There is a deep ...
Contents
The Molecular World | 44 |
BottomUp Technology | 57 |
Paths Pioneers and Progress | 84 |
Copyright | |
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