Since the
beginning of the
industrial age, many
machines have grown
steadily smaller even as they have grown more
powerful and
complex Now nanotechnology, based on a new science of the infinitesimally small, takes technology beyond most popular definitions of reality, to a realm of molecular machines, cell-sized computers, and other astounding possibilities. With
Nanocosm, Bill Atkinson reveals a spectacular view of the immediate future of nanotechnology and its applications in:
* Medicine -- drugs that assemble themselves and have minimal side effects * Computing -- quantum processors triggered by a single particle of light * Engineering -- megastructures made of hollow nanotubes boasting exceptional strength and stability and countless other arenas that affect our world, redefining how we work, play, and live.
As with any phenomenon, nanotechnology has both its naysayers and its zealots, by turns clouding scientific truth with dismissals, prophecies, and pipe dreams. But nanotech is real: The U.S. President recently announced a $500 million National Nanotechnology Initiative, and Business Week has named nanotechnology one of the Ten Technologies That Will Change Our Lives. Nanocosm shows why..
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