NanoFuture : what’s next for nanotechnology / J. Storrs Hall ; foreword by K. Eric Drexler, Prometheus Books, 2005.
This excellent book is the best introduction to nanotech I have seen. 300 pages, hardcover.
- 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.
- Nanomachine Design and Analysis: Theory, Current Tools, 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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