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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Amherst, NY :
Prometheus Books,
2005.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-312) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1591022878 (alk. paper) 9781591022879 (alk. paper) |