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OverviewAdvances in physics, molecular biology, and computer science are converging on the capacity to control, with molecular precision, the structure and function of matter. These 20 original contributions provide a broad-based multidisciplinary definition and examination of the revolutionary new discipline of molecular engineering, or nanotechnology. They address both the promise as well as the economic, environmental and cultural challenges of this atomic-scale technology. Leaders in their field describe current technologies that feed into nanotechnology - atomic imaging and positioning, protein engineering, and the de novo design and synthesis of self-assembling molecular structures. They present development strategies for coordinating recent work in chemistry, biotechnology and scanning-probe microscopy in order to successfully design and engineer molecular systems. They also explore advances in molecular and quantum electronics as well as reversible computational systems and the fundamental physical constraints on computation. Additional chapters discuss research efforts in Japan and present the prospects of nanotechnology as seen from the perspective of a microtechnologist. The final section looks at the implications of success, including the prospects of enormous computational power and the radical consequences of molecular mechanical systems in the fields of medicine and life extension. Contributors are: Robert Birge, Federico Capasso, B.C. Crandall, K. Eric Drexler, Gregory Fahy, Richard Feynman, John Foster, Tracy Handel, Bill Joy, Arthur Kantrowitz, Joseph Mallon, Norman Margolus, Ralph Merkle, Lester Milbrath, Gordon Tullock, Hiroyuki Sasabe and Michael Ward. Full Product DetailsAuthor: BC Crandall (Founder & President, Space Wealth) , James LewisPublisher: MIT Press Ltd Imprint: MIT Press Dimensions: Width: 15.70cm , Height: 4.20cm , Length: 23.10cm Weight: 0.794kg ISBN: 9780262031950ISBN 10: 0262031957 Pages: 393 Publication Date: 23 December 1992 Recommended Age: From 18 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsOvervies and introduction, K. Eric Drexler. Part 1 Molecular systems engineering: atomic imaging and postitioning, John Foster; design and characterization of 4-helix bundle proteins, Tracy Handel; design of self-assembling molecular systems - electrostatic structural enforcement in low-dimensional molecular solids, Michael D. Ward; molecular engineering in Japan - progress toward nanotechnology, Hirouki Sasabe; strategies for molecular systems engineering, K. Eric Drexler. Part 2 Related technologies: molecular electronics, Robert Birge; quantum transistors and integrated circuits, Federico Capasso; fundamental physical constraints on the computational process, Norman Margolus; nanotechnology from a Micromachinist's point of view, Joseph Mallon; what major problems need to be overcome to design and build molecular systems?. Part 3 Perspectives: possible medical applications of nanotechnology - hints from the field of aging research, Gregory M. Fahy; the future of computation, Bill Joy; economic consequences of new technologies, Gordon Tullock; the risks of nanotechnology, Ralph Merkle; fears and hopes of an environmentalist for nanotechnology, Lester W. Milbrath; the weapon of openness, Arthur Kantrowitz; what public policy pitfalls can be avoided in the development and regulation of nanotechnology?. Appendices: machines of inner space, K. Eric Drexler; there's plenty of room at the bottom - an invitation to enter a new field of physics, Richard Feynman.ReviewsAuthor InformationBC Crandall is Cofounder and Vice President of Prime Arithmetics, Inc. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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