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With rich and colorful images, and with convincing logic, Nanotechnology presents a new technical field. I am certain this book will be well recieved by the imaginative and creative Chinese people. -- Deyong Kong, Professor of National Research, Center for Science and Technology for Development, China; Science and Technology Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations Molecular engineering will be the dominant art form of the 21st century; a vision and a language of how to construct digital flesh in a time when artificial life becomes real life. Nanotechnology is a key guide to understanding our techno-future. -- Arthur Kroker, co-author of Hacking the Future If Nanotechnology bears the fruits that many think it will, then it will radically transform nearly every facet of human life. Nanotechnology rigorously and yet imaginatively explores these dramatic changes. It is a book that sets fire to the mind. -- Peter Schwartz, Chairman, Global Business Network There are many things that science and technology have promised the human race, and many of these promises have been kept. Nanotechnology raises the ante, exceeding almost every earlier promise a billion fold. Nanotechnology, Molecular Speculations on Global Abundance gives a clear and nontechnical tour of things we might expect. -- Vernor Vinge, Associate Professor, Department of Math Sciences, San Diego State University I found this to be a very enjoyable and thought-provoking book looking into some of the more audacious directions that nanotechnology might go, with a good balance between straight design analysis, "what if" musings, and acknowledgement of associated policy problems. It also would be a good introduvtion for non-U.S. researchers as a cross-section of what is being talked about at present from certain futurists and should spark off quite a few ideas here in Japan. -- Dr. Tanya C. Sienko, Researcher, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy In Nanotechnology, BC Crandall provides a real service to the layman interested in this exploding technology of the 21st century. He discusses the playing field, the terms and the players. He and his collaborators then present exciting and amusing descriptions of the future nanoworld -- a world I would like to stick around to see. -- Admiral David E. Jeremiah, President, Technology Strategies & Alliances B.C. Crandall's Nanotechnology is both shocking and authoritative -- a feast for those who truly enjoy a glimpse of the future! -- Greg Bear, author of Blood Music and Queen of Angels In clear and compelling language, Nanotechnology describes the ideas and techniques that are creating a new domain of science and technology. -- Edward O. Wilson, Pellegrino University Professor, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

About the Author

BC Crandall is Cofounder and Vice President of Prime Arithmetics, Inc.

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"BC Crandall's Nanotechnology is both shocking and authoritative - a feast for those who truly enjoy a glimpse of the future!" --Greg Bear, author of Blood Music and Queen of Angels "In clear and compelling language, Nanotechnology describes the ideas and techniques that are creating a new domain of science and technology." --Edward O. Wilson, Pellegrino University Professor, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University