Book details of 'Nanotechnology: Molecular Speculations on Global Abundance'

Title	Nanotechnology: Molecular Speculations on Global Abundance
Author(s)	BC Crandall
ISBN	0262531372
Language	English
Published	August 1996
Publisher	MIT Press

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Reviewer Rob Slade wrote:
Nanotechnology is the subject of the occasional picture (via electron microscopy) of the most recent "world's smallest (pick an object)" and the darling of science fiction. More realistically, it is the study and design of machinery built in the molecular size range. This set of essays assumes at least a token familiarity with the concept, but not much more. The explorations are primarily at the interest level, although some pieces look at the details of current technologies. Overall, the essays are well-written, thoughtful, and informed. Some of the possible problems with nanotechnology are touched on, although analysis of negative aspects is scant. Heat problems in regard to computation is looked at in some depth, but power consumption for production is not. There is some discussion of the threat of "runaway" nanotech, but the problem is brushed off a little too lightly. Still, this work is a good, readable, and reasoned overview. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1996
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Technology is becoming molecularly precise. Nanotechnology, otherwise known as molecular engineering, will soon create effective machines as small as DNA. This capacity to manipulate matter -- to program matter -- with atomic precision will utterly change the economic, ecological, and cultural fabric of our lives. This book, which is accessible to a broad audience while providing references to the technical literature, presents a wide range of potential applications of this new material technology. The first chapter introduces the basic concepts of molecular engineering and demonstrates that several mutually reinforcing trends in current research are leading directly into a world of surprisingly powerful molecular machines. Nine original essays on specific applications follow the introductory chapter. The first section presents applications of nanotechnology that interact directly with the molecular systems of the human body. The second presents applications that function, for the most part, outside the body. The final section details the mechanisms of a universal human-machine interface and the operation of an extremely high resolution display system.