Nanotechnology / Molecular Engineering

*note: This is a pretty thorough coverage of books dealing with nanotechnology. The archive and laboratory are contained in the far-left building in this view. Please send info/links to any new entries which should be added.

Especially recommended are Unbounding the Future by K.Eric Drexler, Chris Peterson, and Gayle Pergamit; and Nano! by Ed Regis. There's a short science fiction listing which follows. Plus links to more websites dealing with this fascinating subject.

• Molecular Electronic Devices by Forrest L.Carter, Ronald E.Siatkowski, Hank Wohltjen
  (1988, non-fiction)

• Nanotechnology: Research and Perspectives by B.C.Crandall, James B.Lewis
  (January 1992, non-fiction)

• Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology by K.Eric Drexler
  (1986, non-fiction... the original book which introduced nanotechnology)

• Nanomachinery: Atomically Precise Gears and Bearings by K.Eric Drexler
  (1987, non-fiction)

• " Hypertext Publishing and the Evolution of Knowledge" by K.Eric Drexler
  (1991, non-fiction)

• Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation by K.Eric Drexler
  (1992, non-fiction... highly technical... great stuff, technobuffs take note)

• Unbounding the Future -- The Nanotechnology Revolution by K.Eric Drexler, Chris Peterson, Gayle Pergamit
  (1991, non-fiction... a good layperson's introduction, outline of possibilities, and a cautionary tale)

• " There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" by Richard P.Feynman
  (1960, non-fiction... speech, precursor to nanotechnology)

• Ultimate Computing: Biomolecular Consciousness and Nanotechnology by Stuart R.Hameroff
  (1987, non-fiction)

• Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines by Kevin Kelly
  (1994, non-fiction... includes section on nanotechnology)

• Prospects In Nanotechnology by Markus Krummenacker, Lewis Krummenacker
  (January 1994, non-fiction)

• Nanotechnology Playhouse by Christopher Lampton
  (199?, non-fiction)

• Nanocon Proceedings by James B.Lewis, John L.Quel
  (1989, non-fiction)

• NANO! -- Remaking the World Atom by Atom by Ed Regis
  (1995, non-fiction... good introduction to topic, early history)

• Molecular Science and Molecular Engineering by Arthur R. von Hippel
  (1959, non-fiction)

• Nanotechnology: Proceedings of the Joint Forum/ERATO Symposium held at Warwick University, 21-22 August 1990 by D.J.Whitehouse, K.Kawata
  (1991, non-fiction)

"Think Like a Dinosaur" by James Patrick Kelly
(novelette, originally published in Asimov's Science Fiction, June 1995... Winner of the 1995 Asimov Award for Best Novelette, winner of the Hugo Award... reissued in the anthology The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois, June 1996... also contained in the collection Think Like a Dinosaur and Other Stories by James Patrick Kelly, August 1997)
"The Museum of Nanotechnology" by Charles Platt
(published in Wired Online , 1995... future scenario, nanotechnology)

• Bombshell
  (1996, feature film... nanotechnology as plot device... real B-movie stuff)

• Nanotopia
  (1995, documentary... an episode of the BBC television programme series Horizon which covered nanotechnology)

• Tomorrow's World
  (Wednesday 10 October 1997, TV series... an episode of the BBC television programme series which featured a brief report on nanotechnology)

Advanced Technology Glossary
(compiled by the MIT Nanotechnology Study Group)

Brad Hein's Nanotechnology Page
(nanotechnology link site... e-mail: bhein@iastate.edu)

Engines of Creation by K.Eric Drexler
(complete text of this book available online... thanks to Russell Earl Whitaker)

Foresight Institute
(founded by K.Eric Drexler and Chris Peterson... e-mail: foresight@cup.portal.com)

NanoComputer Dream Team
(link supplied by Michael McDonald)

Nanoquest
(link supplied by Douglas R Bard)

Nanotechnology
(Anachron Library glossary entry... plus some links)

Nanotechnology in Science Fiction
(maintained by Anthony Napier)

Nanotechnology on the WWW
(link site)

Nanothinc
(nanotechnology site... alternative URL)

1995 Nanotechnology Conference
(conference web page... for the latest schedule and abstracts...
uncertain whether this is a temporary or permanent site... please let me know)

NASA-JSC Area Nanotechnology Study Group
(AMT Division for Advanced Research & Technology...
link supplied by Michael McDonald)

Ralph C.Merkle's ftp Site
(opens with a brief essay on the topic... check this site for serious work being done right now)

Small is Beautiful
(nanotechnology resource listing... maintained by M.Creon Levit, e-mail: creon@nas.nasa.gov)

USB Buckyball Home Page
(buckminsterfullerene, carbon-60... newly discovered 3rd form of carbon... excellent material for molecular engineering)

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