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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... twentieth - century technologies will surely be seen as a technological revolution , as a process encompassing a ... century gadget . It will arise out of twentieth - century trends in science , but it will break the trend - lines in ...
... twentieth - century technologies will surely be seen as a technological revolution , as a process encompassing a ... century gadget . It will arise out of twentieth - century trends in science , but it will break the trend - lines in ...
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... twentieth - century trend toward de- centralization . The results , though , will be disruptive to existing ... twentieth century point in that direction . Nano- technology probably continues it . In one area , however , the late ...
... twentieth - century trend toward de- centralization . The results , though , will be disruptive to existing ... twentieth century point in that direction . Nano- technology probably continues it . In one area , however , the late ...
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... twentieth century . " Service " jobs include many ways of helping other people : from nursing to com- puter repairs to sales . In " information " jobs , projected to have the fastest percentage growth over the next decade , people find ...
... twentieth century . " Service " jobs include many ways of helping other people : from nursing to com- puter repairs to sales . In " information " jobs , projected to have the fastest percentage growth over the next decade , people find ...
Contents
The Molecular World | 44 |
BottomUp Technology | 57 |
Paths Pioneers and Progress | 84 |
Copyright | |
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