Nanotechnology is the science of designing and building machines at the molecular and atomic levels.Dr. Hall - a leading researcher on the frontiers of nanotechnology who has designed for NASA - describes nanotechnology in a very accessible way, so that anyone can understand what it's about, what it could do, and what it can't do. He puts it into historical context, explaining how previous technological developments have affected us, how nanotechnology fits into the historical trends for technologies ranging from motors to medicine, and how the continuation of these trends, with nanotechnology as a strong determining factor, will have a profound impact on the future.Together with its sister science of biotechnology, nanotechnology has the potential to alter the very human race, change who we are. Can this possibly be good? Should it be encouraged or opposed? No one knows for sure, but the basis for informed thought can be found in these exciting, stimulating pages, which will open the doors of the future to you.

Author: J. Storrs Hall
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 05/06/2005
Pages: 334
Weight: 1.3lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.32w x 0.92d
ISBN: 9781591022879


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/11/2005 pg. 45
Ingram Advance 05/01/2005 pg. 141
Booklist 05/15/2005 pg. 1623
Science Books & Films 09/01/2005 pg. 216
Science Books & Films Best Bks 01/01/2006 pg. 8
Choice 02/01/2006 pg. 1032

About the Author
J. Storrs Hall, Ph.D. (Laporte, PA), is Chief Scientist of Nanorex, Inc. and a Fellow of the Molecular Engineering Research Institute. He served as a Computer Systems Architect at the Laboratory for Computer Science Research at Rutgers University from 1985 to 1997. He is the author of the "Nanotechnologies" section for The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy, among many scientific articles, and has been cited in numerous books.