Engines of CreationIn this original book about the consequences of new technologies, Drexler takes the reader through exhilarating new discoveries and the promise of those around the corner. Beginning with the insight that what we can do depends on what we can build, Drexler analyzes nanotechnology, which involves the manipulation of individual atoms and molecules. He makes a plausible case for expecting technological developments in artificial intelligence and molecular engineering that will result in tiny mechanisms being controlled by microscopic powerful thinking computers. He also explains how the new alternatives could be directed toward vital human concerns -- wealth or poverty, health or sickness, peace or war. ISBN 0-385-19972-4: $17.95. |
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Page 39
What is possible , what is achievable , and what is desirable ? First , where hardware is concerned , natural law sets limits to the possible . Because assemblers will open a path to those limits , understanding assemblers is a key to ...
What is possible , what is achievable , and what is desirable ? First , where hardware is concerned , natural law sets limits to the possible . Because assemblers will open a path to those limits , understanding assemblers is a key to ...
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neering knowledge form a map of the limits of the possible . Though still blurred and incomplete , this map outlines the permanent limits within which the future must move . Second , evolutionary principles determine what paths lie open ...
neering knowledge form a map of the limits of the possible . Though still blurred and incomplete , this map outlines the permanent limits within which the future must move . Second , evolutionary principles determine what paths lie open ...
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The strongest materials possible will have roughly ten times the strength of today's strongest steel wire . ( The strongest material for making a cable appears to be carbyne , a form of carbon having atoms arranged in straight chains . ) ...
The strongest materials possible will have roughly ten times the strength of today's strongest steel wire . ( The strongest material for making a cable appears to be carbyne , a form of carbon having atoms arranged in straight chains . ) ...
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User Review - nubianangel - Overstock.comEngines of Creation is a very good book to help the nonscientist get a grasp on the complexities of nano technology where we are and where we could go with it. While it breaks the information down to ... Read full review
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User Review - mentatjack - LibraryThingThis is one of my favorite science non-fiction books ever. If you've enjoyed any of the nanotechnology in science fiction in the last few decades, it was probably informed in some way by Drexler's ... Read full review
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Engines of Construction | 3 |
The Principles of Change | 21 |
Predicting and Projecting | 39 |
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