Engines of creationFocusing on the breakthrough field of molecular engineering--a new technology enabling scientists to build tiny machines atom by atom--the author offers projections on how this technological revolution will affect the future of computer science, space tra |
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Page 65
Variation and selection have shaped each molecule's simple behavior, which
remains fixed for its whole "life." Individual RNA molecules don't adapt, but
bacteria do. Competition has favored bacteria that adapt to change, for example
by ...
Variation and selection have shaped each molecule's simple behavior, which
remains fixed for its whole "life." Individual RNA molecules don't adapt, but
bacteria do. Competition has favored bacteria that adapt to change, for example
by ...
Page 156
The best arrangements seem likely to be fairly simple and regular. Other fairly
simple goals include transmitting heat, insulating against heat, transmitting
electricity, insulating against electricity, transmitting light, reflecting light, and
absorbing ...
The best arrangements seem likely to be fairly simple and regular. Other fairly
simple goals include transmitting heat, insulating against heat, transmitting
electricity, insulating against electricity, transmitting light, reflecting light, and
absorbing ...
Page 192
Local Suppression A strategy of personal restraint (at least in this matter) smacks
of simple inaction. But what about a strategy of local political action, of lobbying
for laws to suppress certain kinds of research? This would be personal action ...
Local Suppression A strategy of personal restraint (at least in this matter) smacks
of simple inaction. But what about a strategy of local political action, of lobbying
for laws to suppress certain kinds of research? This would be personal action ...
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Contents
Engines of Construction | 3 |
The Principles of Change | 21 |
Predicting and Projecting | 39 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Engines of creation |
| Author | K. Eric Drexler |
| Publisher | Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1986 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Jan 2010 |
| ISBN | 0385199724, 9780385199728 |
| Length | 298 pages |
| Subjects | › High technology Science / Applied Sciences Technology & Engineering / General Technology & Engineering / Social Aspects Twentieth century Twentieth century - Forecasts Twentieth century/ Forecasts |
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