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 74
... turing could make such stuff . The natural world contains a host of good materials - cellulose and lignin in wood , stronger - than - steel proteins in spider's silk , hard ceramics in grains of sand , and more . Many products of ...
... turing could make such stuff . The natural world contains a host of good materials - cellulose and lignin in wood , stronger - than - steel proteins in spider's silk , hard ceramics in grains of sand , and more . Many products of ...
Page 152
... turing develops certain basic abilities , a whole set of limits will fall , and a whole range of developments will become possible . Limits set by materials properties , and by the cost and precision of manufactur- ing , will be pushed ...
... turing develops certain basic abilities , a whole set of limits will fall , and a whole range of developments will become possible . Limits set by materials properties , and by the cost and precision of manufactur- ing , will be pushed ...
Page 277
... turing will make possible . Even this partial picture shows possibilities that make old views of the twenty - first century thoroughly obsolete . Science and technology are advancing toward molecular manu- facturing along many fronts ...
... turing will make possible . Even this partial picture shows possibilities that make old views of the twenty - first century thoroughly obsolete . Science and technology are advancing toward molecular manu- facturing along many fronts ...
Contents
The Molecular World | 44 |
BottomUp Technology | 57 |
Paths Pioneers and Progress | 84 |
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