- Engines
of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology *Cool Site* - By K. Eric Drexler; Anchor Books,
1986, ISBN 0385199732. With a Foreword by Marvin Minsky, this is the first and
still the classic book on nanotechnology. [Foresight Institute, Online]
- AsiaNANO 2002: Proceedings of the Asian Symposium
on Nanotechnology and Nanoscience 2002 - Edited by Masatsugu Shimomura, Teruya
Ishihara; World Scientific Publishing, 2002, ISBN 9812383921. Conference proceedings,
Tokyo, Japan, 27-29 November 2002, table of contents. [publisher website]
- Becoming Immortal: Nanotechnology, You, and the Demise
of Death - By Wesley M. Du Charme; Blue Creek Ventures, 1995, ISBN 0964628201.
Popular treatment of nanotechnology, cryonics. [Amazon.com]
- Chemistry at the Beginning of the Third Millennium
- Edited by Luigi Fabbrizzi, Antonio Poggi; Springer-Verlag, 2000, ISBN 0387989889.
Accessible treatment of molecular design, supramolecules, nanotechnology and beyond;
15 chapters by specialists. [publisher website]
- Designing the Molecular World - Descriptions,
reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Designing the Molecular World: Chemistry at the Frontier
- Philip Ball; Princeton University Press, 1996, ISBN 0691029008. Accessible survey
of new results in many major fields allied with chemistry: molecular electronics,
artificial enzymes, smart polymer gels. [Princeton University Press]
-
Electrochemical Nanotechnology: In Situ Local Probe
Techniques at Electrochemical Interfaces - Descriptions, reviews, purchase
source. [Amazon.com]
- Electrochemical Nanotechnology: In Situ Local Probe
Techniques at Electrochemical Interfaces - Edited by Wolfgang J. Lorenz, Waldfried
Plieth; John Wiley & Sons, 1998, ISBN 0471575186. Full treatment of interface
phenomena at solid state surfaces by local probe methods such as near contact
microscopy. [publisher website]
- Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology
- Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology
- Description, picture, links. [Anchor]
- Femtochemistry and Femtobiology: Ultrafast Dynamics
in Molecular Science - Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Femtochemistry and Femtobiology: Ultrafast Dynamics
in Molecular Science - Edited by Abderrazzak Douhal, Jesus Santamaria; Imperial
College Press, 2002, ISBN 9810248660. Reviews, papers on ultrafast dynamics in
molecular science, from top international scientists. [publisher website]
- The First Immortal - By James L. Halperin; Del
Rey, Random House, 1998, ISBN 0345420926. Fictionally explores nanotechnology's
impact on the human future, special focus on cryonics, life extension. Has author
forum, news, information, opinion poll. [Random House]
- The First Immortal - Descriptions, reviews, purchase
source. [Amazon.com]
- The
Forge of Mars - By Bruce Balfour; ACE-Oryx, 2002, ISBN 0441009549. Futuristic
thriller explores nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, colonizing Mars. Site
has science news, author bio, reader's guide, links, Mars photos. [Scribbling
Gargoyle Entertainment Corp.]
- The Forge of Mars - Descriptions, reviews, purchase
source. [Amazon.com]
- Future Trends in Microelectronics: The Nano Millennium
- Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Future Trends in Microelectronics: The Nano Millennium
- Edited by Serge Luryi, Jimmy Xu, Alex Zaslavsky; John Wiley & Sons, 2002,
ISBN 0471212474. Based on ideas, discussions arising from 3rd Future Trends in
Microelectronics (FTM) workshop series, summer 2001. [publisher website]
- Hacking Matter: Levitating Chairs, Quantum Mirages,
and the Infinite Weirdness of Programmable Atoms - By Wil McCarthy; Basic
Books, 2003, ISBN 046504428X. Programmable matter, via quantum dots, will someday
change our lives. Author visits labs of major firms, talks to researchers developing
this extraordinary technology. [SFF Net]
- Hacking Matter: Levitating Chairs, Quantum Mirages,
and the Infinite Weirdness of Programmable Atoms - Descriptions, reviews,
purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Handbook of Nanoscience, Engineering, and Technology
- Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Handbook of Nanoscience, Engineering, and Technology
- Edited by William A. Goddard III, Donald W. Brenner, Sergey Edward Lyshevski,
Gerald J. Iafrate; CRC Press, 2002, ISBN 0849312000. Examines NEMS applications
in many diverse areas. [CRC Press]
- Handbook of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology
- Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Handbook of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology
- Edited by Hari Singh Nalwa; Academic Press, 2000, ISBN 0125137605, Volumes 1-5.
Won 1999 Award of Excellence in Engineering Handbooks from Association of American
Publishers; 140 authors. [Academic Press]
- Highly-Organized Substances and Nanotechnology: 2nd
International Conference on Chemistry of Highly-Organized Substances and Scientific
Principles of Nanotechnology - Edited by V.B. Alescovskii; John Wiley &
Sons, 1999, ISBN 3527298045. Part of macromolecular symposia series, meeting theme:
combining isolated effects in studying covalent and non-covalent multinuclear
chemical systems. [publisher website]
- Integrated Chemical Systems: A Chemical Approach to
Nanotechnology - By Allen J. Bard; Wiley-Interscience, 1994, ISBN 0471007331.
Systematic, real world approach to nanosystems, many actual examples, scores of
figures and photo illustrations. [John Wiley & Sons]
- Integrated Chemical Systems: A Chemical Approach to
Nanotechnology - Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Introduction to Nanotechnology - By Charles P.
Poole, Jr., Frank J. Owens; John Wiley & Sons, 2003, ISBN 0471079359. Broad,
practical overview of topic, gives researchers coverage of developments in nanotechnology
outside their fields. [publisher website]
- Introduction to Nanotechnology - Descriptions,
reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- The Investor's Guide to Nanotechnology & Micromachines
- By Glenn Fishbine; John Wiley & Sons, 2002, ISBN 0471443557. First investment
guide to fast emerging industry. In 2000, government and private investment topped
$1 billion, should grow exponentially in future. [John Wiley & Sons]
- The Investor's Guide to Nanotechnology & Micromachines
- Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Key Technologies for the 21st Century: Scientific
American: A Special Issue - Edited by Scientific American; W.H. Freeman &
Co, 1996, ISBN 0716729482. One of series; treats future of medicine, cyberspace,
transport, production, energy, environment, with a nanotechnology focus. [publisher
website]
- Key Technologies for the 21st Century: Scientific
American: A Special Issue - Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- MEMS and NEMS: Systems, Devices, and Structures
- By Sergey Edward Lyshevski; CRC Press, 2002, ISBN 0849312620. Multidisciplinary,
forms basis for MEMS, NEMS synthesis, modeling, analysis, simulation, control,
prototyping, fabrication. [CRC Press]
- MEMS and NEMS: Systems, Devices, and Structures
- Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Microelectronics, Microsystems and Nanotechnology
- Edited by Androula G. Nassiopoulou, Xanthi Zianni; World Scientific Publishing,
2000, ISBN 9810247699. Conference proceedings, Athens, Greece, 20-22 November
2000, table of contents. [publisher website]
- Microelectronics, Microsystems and Nanotechnology
- Information, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Molecular Engineering of Nanosystems - By Edward
A. Rietman; Springer-Verlag NY, 2001, ISBN 0387989889. Technical introduction.
It is growing possible to manipulate biotic tissues and materials the size of
individual cells, organelles, molecules. [publisher website]
- Molecular Engineering of Nanosystems - Descriptions,
reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Nano- and Microelectromechanical Systems: Fundamentals
of Nano- and Microengineering - Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Nano- and Microelectromechanical Systems: Fundamentals
of Nano- and Microengineering - By Sergey Edward Lyshevski; CRC Press, 2000,
ISBN 0849309166. Text for one semester course, needs calculus, electromagnetics,
physics. Builds theory foundation to develop, analyze, prototype NEMS, MEMS. [CRC
Press]
- Nano: The Emerging Science of Nanotechnology -
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Nano: The Emerging Science of Nanotechnology -
By Ed Regis; Little Brown & Co., 1996, ISBN 0316738522. Overview of short,
rapid history of this topic, proponents and opponents, prospects. [Time Warner
Bookmark]
- Nanocosm: Nanotechnology and the Big Changes Coming
from the Inconceivably Small - Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Nanocosm: Nanotechnology and the Big Changes Coming
from the Inconceivably Small - By William Illsey Atkinson; AMACOM, 2003, ISBN
0814471811. Lay description of topic, many opinions expressed, not as accurate
as it could be. [American Management Association]
- Nanoelectromechanics in Engineering and Biology
- Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Nanoelectromechanics in Engineering and Biology
- By Michael Pycraft Hughes; CRC Press, 2002, ISBN 0849311837. Nanotechnology
depends on abilities to manage nanoscale objects via interactions of electric
fields, nanoparticles, ambient molecules. [CRC Press]
- Nano-Engineering in Science and Technology: An Introduction
to the World of Nano-Design - By Michael Rieth; World Scientific Publishing,
2003, ISBN 9812380736. Technical introduction, starts with quantum mechanical
treatment of many-particle problem; focus: molecular dynamics method. [publisher
website]
- Nano-Engineering in Science and Technology: An Introduction
to the World of Nano-Design - Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Nanomedicine, Volume 1: Basic Capabilities - Descriptions,
reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Nanomedicine, Volume 1: Basic Capabilities - By
Robert A. Freitas Jr.; Landes Bioscience, 1999, ISBN 157059645X, volume 1 of 3.
About applying nanotechnology to medicine. [Online]
- Nanoscience: Friction and Rheology on the Nanometer
Scale - Edited by E. Meyer, T. Gyalog, R.M. Overney, K. Dransfeld; World Scientific
Publishing, 1999, ISBN 9812380620. Technical introduction to nanometer-scale tribology
via friction force probe microscopy. [publisher website]
- Nanoscience: Friction and Rheology on the Nanometer
Scale - Information, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Nanostructured Materials - Edited by Jackie Yi-Ru
Ying; Academic Press, 2001, ISBN 0127444513. Course book and compact reference
for academic and industrial readers. [Amazon.com]
- Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and
Computation - By K. Eric Drexler; John Wiley & Sons, 1992, ISBN 0471575186.
Large, pioneering technical and mathematical text, may be author's greatest contribution
to this field. [publisher website]
- Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and
Computation - Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Nanotech Book Reviews - Steve Lenhert reviews
his two favorite nanotech books, Travels to the Nanoworld and Nanotechnology.
- Nanotechnology - Edited by Gregory Timp; Springer-Verlag,
1999, ISBN 0387983341. Undergraduate level survey of machinery and science of
nanometer scale, many images, 22 authors of many disciplines. [Springer-Verlag
NY]
- Nanotechnology - Descriptions, reviews, purchase
source. [Amazon.com]
- Nanotechnology: A Gentle Introduction to the Next
Big Idea - Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
-
Nanotechnology: A Gentle Introduction to the Next
Big Idea - By Mark Ratner, Daniel Ratner; Prentice Hall PTR, 2002, ISBN 0131014005.
For non-technical readers, simple, brief, survey, little math; shows how topic
works, what's new and next, why it may be next $1 trillion industry. [Prentice
Hall PTR]
- Nanotechnology: Basic Science and Emerging Technologies
- Edited by Mick Wilson, Kamali Kannangara, Geoff Smith, Michelle Simmons, Burkhard
Raguse; CRC Press, 2002, ISBN 0849311837. Accessible to nonspecialists, engineers,
scientists outside the field, even undergraduates. [CRC Press]
- Nanotechnology: Basic Science and Emerging Technologies
- Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Nanotechnology: Molecular Speculations on Global Abundance
- Edited by B.C. Crandall; MIT Press, 1996, ISBN 0262531372. Accessible to wide
audience, with references to technical literature, shows wide range of uses of
nanotechnology. [MIT Press]
- Nanotechnology: Molecular Speculations on Global Abundance
- Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Nanotechnology: Research and Perspectives - Edited
by B.C. Crandall, James Lewis; MIT Press, 1992, ISBN 0262031957. Overview of presently
understood paths to molecule scale engineering. [MIT Press]
- Nanotechnology: Research and Perspectives - Descriptions,
reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Nanotechnology Research Directions: IWGN Workshop
Report: Vision for Nanotechnology in the Next Decade - Edited by R.S. Williams,
P. Alivisatos, M.C. Roco; Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000, ISBN 0792362209. Report
based on consensus views of government, academia, private sector, by Interagency
Working Group on Nano Science, Engineering, and Technology. [Amazon.com]
- Nanotechnology: Towards a Molecular Construction Kit
- By Arthur ten Wolde; New World Ventures, 1998, ISBN 908044961X. Describes topic;
where physical, chemical and biotic approaches meet; possible technologies for
nano-fabrication, possible effects. [Amazon.com]
- The Next Big Thing Is Really Small: How Nanotechnology
Will Change the Future of Your Business - Descriptions, reviews, purchase
source. [Amazon.com]
- The Next Big Thing Is Really Small: How Nanotechnology
Will Change the Future of Your Business - By Jack Uldrich, Deb Newberry; Crown
Publishing Group, 2003, ISBN 1400046890. Introductory lay treatment, very useful
for understanding day-to-day and business implications. [Random House]
- Our Molecular Future: How Nanotechnology, Robotics,
Genetics and Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Our World - Descriptions,
reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Our
Molecular Future: How Nanotechnology, Robotics, Genetics and Artificial Intelligence
Will Transform Our World - By Douglas Mulhall; Prometheus Books, 2002, ISBN
1573929921. Examines vast potential of new technologies to help us cope with many
problems. Site has table of contents, excerpts, news release. [Prometheus Books
Publishers]
- Physical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes - Descriptions,
reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Physical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes - By Riichiro
Saito, Gene Dresselhaus, Mildred S. Dresselhaus; Imperial College Press, 1998,
ISBN 1860940935. Introductory textbook for graduate students, researchers in condensed
matter and solid state physics. [publisher website]
- Physical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes - Description,
information, contents, sample chapters. [World Scientific Publishing]
-
Prospects in Nanotechnology: Toward Molecular Manufacturing
- Edited by Markus Krummenacker, James Lewis; John Wiley & Sons, 1995, ISBN
0471309141. Result of Foresight Institute 3rd nanotechnology conference; introduction
and overview, then topical presentations. [publisher website]
- Prospects in Nanotechnology: Toward Molecular Manufacturing
- Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Quantum Dots - Edited by Elena Borovitskaya, Michael
S. Shur; World Scientific Publishing, 2002, ISBN 9810249187. Technical review
of all current aspects of quantum dot systems, theory, and technology. [publisher
website]
- Quantum Dots - Information, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Semiconductors for Micro- and Nanotechnology: An Introduction
for Engineers - Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Semiconductors for Micro- and Nanotechnology: An Introduction
for Engineers - By Jan G. Korvink, Andreas Greiner; John Wiley & Sons,
2002, ISBN 3527302573. Textbook on properties and behavior of semiconductors,
how to use them to design and make micro- and nano-systems. [publisher website]
- Travels to the Nanoworld: Miniature Machinery in Nature
and Technology - Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Unbounding the Future: The Nanotechnology Revolution
- By K. Eric Drexler, Chris Peterson, Gayle Pergamit; Quill (reprint), 1993, ISBN
0688125735. [Amazon.com]
- Unbounding the Future: The Nanotechnology Revolution
- By K. Eric Drexler, Chris Peterson, Gayle Pergamit; William Morrow and Company,
Inc., 1991; Quill (reprint), 1993, ISBN 0688125735. Clear, nontechnical introduction
to molecular manufacturing: what it is, and may make possible, dangers and opportunities.
[Foresight Institute, Online]
- Understanding Nanotechnology - Descriptions, reviews,
purchase source. [Amazon.com]
- Understanding Nanotechnology - Edited by Scientific
American; Warner Books, 2002, ISBN 0446679569. Accessible overview of this topic,
and many profound applications. [Time Warner Bookmark]
- Review of Nanocosm - By Chris Phoenix. This anti-Drexler
book reports on nanotech but suffers from many technical inaccuracies and distortions
of work of nanotech pioneers. [KurzweilAI.net]
- Nanosystems Book Review - By Chris Worth. K. Eric
Drexler's textbook reviewed, followed by much interesting, lively debate. [Slashdot]
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