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Nanofuture : what's next for nanotechnology / J. Storrs Hall.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Amherst, NY : Prometheus Books, 2005.Description: 333 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1591022878 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 620/.5 22
LOC classification:
  • T174.7 .H35 2005
NLM classification:
  • 2006 C-453
  • QT 36
Online resources:
Contents:
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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Book Book Karen H. Huntsman Library Main Book Collection - Second Level 620.5 H143N 1 Available 38060007312408
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-312) and index.

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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