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Title: Nanotechnology: Molecular Speculations on Global Abundance by BC Crandall ISBN: 0-262-53137-2 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: NanoUtopian Dreams
Comment: Crandall presents ten essays out of which to construct your nanoUtopian dream. Another example of a genre called fictional science where the reader must supply the plot, characters and action. What is all this talk of nanobots and utility fog? Is man not already constructed from nanomachines? One might already ask if molecules of nicotine, aspirin, heroin or cocaine are nanomachines since they control the flow of neurotransmitters. Is molecular engineering merely the search for molecular shapes that will fit together like lego blocks-just like the search for new drugs?
Many are enamored by the way the cells and bacteria of the body construct our reality. They would like to copy these processes and rename them nanotechnology. Viewing cells and proteins as nanomachines is not new. Evolution, itself, could be viewed as a way of encapsulating cooperating cells into human shaped terrariums. Crandall quotes Richard Preston on the flesh eating Ebola Zaire virus: "seven mysterious proteins that ...work as a relentless machine, a molecular shark, and they consume the body as the virus makes copies of itself."
These writers suggest ways man could profit by controlling the design of these cellular machines. Richard Crawford's contribution suggests man designed molecules could be injected into the blood steam in order to do the bidding of cosmetic surgeons. He sees big cash to be made. Edward Reifman proposes diamond teeth but would this put dentists in the unemployment line? Brian Wowk manipulates phase array optics to enable the reader to construct a STAR TREK holodeck. J. Storrs Hall envisions filling one's environment with utility fog, placing one within a kind of pixel coated TV screen where objects in your personal space can be moved as easily as pictures on that screen. Tom McKendree worries that nanosized assemblers will make goods so plentiful that nothing will be of any value. Crandall, himself, suggests that when room runs out on earth we might repackage man into geodesic spheres, floating ecospheres, in stationary orbit high above the planet. All pretty good fictional science but why not read Greg Bear where you also get the plot, characters and action.
Rating: 3
Summary: amazing!
Comment: Ok so the title (of the review) is kida corny, but dont worry,i did read the book and il have to say its a good book and has a few good ideas, so all in all its a good book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Read this one first!
Comment: Most nanotechnolgy books and articles start out with lots of hype to excite the reader, and then follow it up with a meandering discussion of how this might really be possible. This book was no exception. It did a good job of building up themes and exploring them in detail. The treatment of "utility fog" was extremely well done, as was the discussion of a "holodeck" type image technology.
The language and style is easily accessible to those with a basic science education, and it was refreshing that this book avoided the doomsday predictions of nanotechnology and kept the unbounded prediction for when this will all happen to a minimum.
Published in 1996, the content of this book is a good introduction, but is in danger of becoming dated due to the fast moving nature of this field. This might be the first nanotechnology book to read, but not the last for a true fan of the topic. This book might not be for you, if you've been able to read Nanosystems by K. Eric Drexler, but if you want an entertaining walk through visions of future technology, check this one out.
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Title: Understanding Nanotechnology by Scientific American, editors at Scientific American ISBN: 0446679569 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Nanotechnology: A Gentle Introduction to the Next Big Idea by Mark A. Ratner, Daniel Ratner, Mark Ratner ISBN: 0131014005 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 08 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Engines of Creation : The Coming Era of Nanotechnology by Eric Drexler ISBN: 0385199732 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 16 September, 1987 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation by K. Eric Drexler ISBN: 0471575186 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 15 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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Title: The Next Big Thing Is Really Small: How Nanotechnology Will Change the Future of Your Business by Jack Uldrich, Deb Newberry ISBN: 1400046890 Publisher: Crown Business Pub. Date: 11 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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