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Nanofuture : what's next for nanotechnology
Flying cars, space travel for everyone, the elimination of poverty and hunger, and powerful new tools to combat disease and even fight aging - these are some of the amazing predicted developments of nanotechnology, the emerging science of designing and building machines at the molecular and atomic levels. [In this book, the author] explains how nanotechnology will make possible many of the science fiction dreams of the past. [In the book, he also] analyzes the benefits as well as the potential risks.-Dust jacket.
What is nanotechnology? And why is there so much confusion about it?
A handle on the future: can you take these predictions seriously?
Current nanotechnology: laboratory and life-and how to get to the real thing from here
Designing and analyzing nanomachines: theory, current tolls, and the future
Nuts and bolts: the basics of what a mature nanotechnology will look like
Engines: making molecular machines go
A digital technology: atoms are the bits of the material world
Self-replication: mechanical motherhood
Food, clothing, and shelter: a day in your life in the age of nanotech.
Click "More Details" to view full contentsA handle on the future: can you take these predictions seriously?
Current nanotechnology: laboratory and life-and how to get to the real thing from here
Designing and analyzing nanomachines: theory, current tolls, and the future
Nuts and bolts: the basics of what a mature nanotechnology will look like
Engines: making molecular machines go
A digital technology: atoms are the bits of the material world
Self-replication: mechanical motherhood
Food, clothing, and shelter: a day in your life in the age of nanotech.
Item details
- ISBN: 1591022878 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9781591022879 (alk. paper)
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333 p. : ill ; 24 cm. - Publisher: Amherst, NY : Prometheus Books, 2005.
Contents / Notes
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-312) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | What is nanotechnology? And why is there so much confusion about it? A handle on the future: can you take these predictions seriously? Current nanotechnology: laboratory and life-and how to get to the real thing from here Designing and analyzing nanomachines: theory, current tolls, and the future Nuts and bolts: the basics of what a mature nanotechnology will look like Engines: making molecular machines go A digital technology: atoms are the bits of the material world Self-replication: mechanical motherhood Food, clothing, and shelter: a day in your life in the age of nanotech. Economics: how much is this going to cost? Transportation: it's a very small world, indeed Space: where a much larger world awaits Robots: for whatever work there is to be done Artificial intelligence: closer than you may think Runaway replicators: playing with fire Real dangers: the same old bad guys, with nastier toys Nanomedicine: fixing what's wrong Improvements: a perspective on transhumanism The human prospect: living happily ever after. |
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