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"Devices enormously smaller than before will remodel engineering, chemistry, medicine, and computer technology. How can we understand machines that are so small? Nanosystems covers it all: power and strength, friction and wear, thermal noise and quantum uncertainty. This is the book for starting the next century of engineering." — Marvin Minsky MIT Science magazine calls Eric Drexler "Mr. Nanotechnology." For years, Drexler has stirred controversy by declaring that molecular nanotechnology will bring a sweeping technological revolution — delivering tremendous advances in miniaturization, materials, computers, and manufacturing of all kinds. Now, he’s written a detailed, top-to-bottom analysis of molecular machinery — how to design it, how to analyze it, and how to build it. Nanosystems is the first scientifically detailed description of developments that will revolutionize most of the industrial processes and products currently in use. This groundbreaking work draws on physics and chemistry to establish basic concepts and analytical tools. The book then describes nanomechanical components, devices, and systems, including parallel computers able to execute 1020 instructions per second and desktop molecular manufacturing systems able to make such products. Via chemical and biochemical techniques, proximal probe instruments, and software for computer-aided molecular design, the book charts a path from present laboratory capabilities to advanced molecular manufacturing. Bringing together physics, chemistry, mechanical engineering, and computer science, Nanosystems provides an indispensable introduction to the emerging field of molecular nanotechnology.
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"Devices enormously smaller than before will remodel engineering, chemistry, medicine, and computer technology. How can we understand machines that are so small? Nanosystems covers it all: power and strength, friction and wear, thermal noise and quantum uncertainty. This is the book for starting the next century of engineering." — Marvin Minsky MIT Science magazine calls Eric Drexler "Mr. Nanotechnology." For years, Drexler has stirred controversy by declaring that molecular nanotechnology will bring a sweeping technological revolution — delivering tremendous advances in miniaturization, materials, computers, and manufacturing of all kinds. Now, he’s written a detailed, top-to-bottom analysis of molecular machinery — how to design it, how to analyze it, and how to build it. Nanosystems is the first scientifically detailed description of developments that will revolutionize most of the industrial processes and products currently in use. This groundbreaking work draws on physics and chemistry to establish basic concepts and analytical tools. The book then describes nanomechanical components, devices, and systems, including parallel computers able to execute 1020 instructions per second and desktop molecular manufacturing systems able to make such products. Via chemical and biochemical techniques, proximal probe instruments, and software for computer-aided molecular design, the book charts a path from present laboratory capabilities to advanced molecular manufacturing. Bringing together physics, chemistry, mechanical engineering, and computer science, Nanosystems provides an indispensable introduction to the emerging field of molecular nanotechnology.
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Most physical magnitudes characterizing nanoscale systems differ enormously from those familiar in macroscale systems. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
logic rod, reagent moieties, molecular manufacturing processes, nanomechanical engineering, nanomechanical systems, nanomechanical design, molecular manufacturing systems, probe knob, diamondoid structures, toroidal worm drive, eutactic environment, molecular tips, reagent moiety, knob segment, molecular mills, nonisothermal compression, diamondoid materials, phonon energy density, gate knob, positional variance, mechanochemical systems, molecular machine systems, convective cooling systems, flutter scattering, nanomechanical structures Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Most physical magnitudes characterizing nanoscale systems differ enormously from those familiar in macroscale systems. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
logic rod, reagent moieties, molecular manufacturing processes, nanomechanical engineering, nanomechanical systems, nanomechanical design, molecular manufacturing systems, probe knob, diamondoid structures, toroidal worm drive, eutactic environment, molecular tips, reagent moiety, knob segment, molecular mills, nonisothermal compression, diamondoid materials, phonon energy density, gate knob, positional variance, mechanochemical systems, molecular machine systems, convective cooling systems, flutter scattering, nanomechanical structures Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Molecular Mechanics (Acs Monograph) by Ulrich Burkert on 4 pages
- The Ecology of Computation (Studies in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, No 2) by B. A. Huberman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Forces Between Molecules (Oxford science publications) by Maurice Rigby on page 70, and Back Matter
- Molecular Electronic Devices by Forrest L. (Editor) Carter in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Intermolecular Forces: Their Origin and Determination (International Series of Monographs on Chemistry, Vol 3) by Geoffrey Maitland on page 70, and Back Matter
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- Nanofuture: What's Next For Nanotechnology by J. Storrs Hall in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Light-Green Society: Ecology and Technological Modernity in France, 1960-2000 by Michael Bess in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Spike: How Our Lives Are Being Transformed By Rapidly Advancing Technologies by Damien Broderick on page 105, and Back Matter
- The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Ray Kurzweil in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Spike: How Our Lives Are Being Transformed By Rapidly Advancing Technologies by Damien Broderick on page 105, and Back Matter
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