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BL
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592071
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b421290
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| Main Entry
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Drexler, K. Eric
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| Title & Author
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Radical abundance : : how a revolution in nanotechnology will change civilization /\ K. Eric Drexler
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| Edition Statement
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First edition
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xiv, 340 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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9781610391139 (HC)
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: 1610391136 (HC)
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9781610391146 (EB)
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: 1610391144 (EB)
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: 9781610391146 (EB)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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A Necessary Preface -- AN UNEXPECTED WORLD -- Bits, Atoms, and Radical Abundance -- A Journey of Ideas -- From Molecules to Nanosystems -- THE REVOLUTION IN CONTEXT -- Three Revolutions, and a Fourth -- The Look and Feel of the Nanoscale World -- The Ways We Make Things -- EXPLORING DEEP TECHNOLOGY -- Science and the Timeless Landscape of Technology -- The Clashing Concerns of Engineering and Science -- Asking a Different Question about Technology -- THE TECHNOLOGY OF RADICAL ABUNDANCE -- The Foundations of Radical Abundance -- The Products of Radical Abundance -- THE TRAJECTORY OF TECHNOLOGY -- The Technologies -- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future ... -- How to Reach Strategic Objectives -- BENDING THE ARC OF THE FUTURE -- Transforming the Material Basis of Civilization -- Managing a Catastrophic Success -- Prospects for Radical Security -- A Modest Agenda for Action -- Appendix: Roads to Revolution
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| Abstract
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The founding father of nanotechnology predicts the coming changes to the economy and the environment as more manufacturing is done with extreme precision on the atomic level at a significantly lower cost
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| Subject
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Nanotechnology
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Nanotechnology-- Social aspects
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Technology and civilization
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Technological forecasting
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Social prediction
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| Dewey Classification
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303.48/3
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| LC Classification
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T174.7.D745 2013
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