Nanofuture : what's next for nanotechnology /

Flying cars, space travel for everyone, the elimination of poverty and hunger, and powerful new tools to combat disease and even fight aging - these are some of the amazing predicted developments of nanotechnology, the emerging science of designing and building machines at the molecular and atomic l...

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Main Author: Hall, J. Storrs
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amherst, NY : Prometheus Books, 2005.
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Online Access:Table of contents
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Summary:Flying cars, space travel for everyone, the elimination of poverty and hunger, and powerful new tools to combat disease and even fight aging - these are some of the amazing predicted developments of nanotechnology, the emerging science of designing and building machines at the molecular and atomic levels. [In this book, the author] explains how nanotechnology will make possible many of the science fiction dreams of the past. [In the book, he also] analyzes the benefits as well as the potential risks.-Dust jacket.
Physical Description:333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-312) and index.
ISBN:1591022878 (alk. paper)
9781591022879 (alk. paper)