Unbounding the Future: The Nanotechnology RevolutionExamines the field of medicine, toxic waste, and production relating how they will revolutionize life in the future. |
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... idea of molecular nanotechnology , like most ideas , has roots stretching far back in time . In ancient Greece , Democritus suggested that the world was built of durable , invisible particles - atoms , the building blocks of solid ...
... idea of molecular nanotechnology , like most ideas , has roots stretching far back in time . In ancient Greece , Democritus suggested that the world was built of durable , invisible particles - atoms , the building blocks of solid ...
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... idea that , if true , disrupts a lot of existing plans and expectations , some objections have been heard . " IT WON'T WORK . " Life might be much simpler if these ideas about nanotechnology had some fatal flaw . If only molecules ...
... idea that , if true , disrupts a lot of existing plans and expectations , some objections have been heard . " IT WON'T WORK . " Life might be much simpler if these ideas about nanotechnology had some fatal flaw . If only molecules ...
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... idea were false ? Some curious scientists or engi- neer would soon point out a fatal error in the idea . Since the sweep- ing implications of nanotechnology make many people uncomfortable , a good counterargument would spread fast , and ...
... idea were false ? Some curious scientists or engi- neer would soon point out a fatal error in the idea . Since the sweep- ing implications of nanotechnology make many people uncomfortable , a good counterargument would spread fast , and ...
Contents
The Molecular World | 44 |
BottomUp Technology | 57 |
Paths Pioneers and Progress | 84 |
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