Drexler: Eric

Drexler Eric K. 1992. Nanosystems Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing and Computation, John Wiley Sons. 

Drexler, Eric (1986) Engines of Creation, New York, Anchor Books, 2nd edition, 1990. 

Drexler, Eric (1995) Introduction to Nanotechnology in M. Krummenacker and J. Lewis (eds) Prospects in Nanotechnology. Proceedings of the 1st General Conference on Nanotechnology Developments, Applications, and Opportunities, Palo-Alto, 1992, New York, John Wiley Sons. 

A concept named molecular manufacturing, which was originally proposed by K. Eric Drexler [99] in 1992, has attracted the attention of some investigators [100, 118-121]. Molecular manufacturing is defined as the production of complex structures via non-biological mechanosynthesis (and subsequent assembly operations) [99]. A chemical synthesis controlled by mechanical systems operating on the atomic scale and performing direct positional selection of reaction sites by atomic-precision manipulation systems is known as mechanosynthesis. 

Eric Drexler writes a book. Engines of Creation, which draws much attention to nanotechnology. 

A point-counterpoint open-letter discussion between two noted nanotechnologists, Nobel laureate Richard E. Smalley and K Eric Drexler, chairman of the Foresight Institute. 

Eric Drexler is widely regarded as the founder of hottom-up nanotechnology. That recognition is based largely on a hook he wrote in 1986,... 

Drexler, K. Eric. Engines of Creation. Garden City, N.Y. Anchor Press/... 

Drexler, K. Eric, Chris Peterson, and Gayle Pergamit. Unbounding the Future. New York WiQiam Morrow and Company, 1991. 

Drexler, K. Eric. (1987). Engines of Creation The Coming Era of Nanotechnology. Reprinted and adapted by Russell Whitaker, with permission. Available from . 

Drexler, K. Eric. Machine-Phase Nanotechnology. Scientific American 285 (September 2001) 74—75. The author describes the potential for selfassembling assemblers ( nanobots ) and the risks they might pose. 

The term nanotechnology was first used in a paper presented by Norio Taniguchi of Tokyo University in 1974. This title was further developed in the 1980s by K. Eric Drexler in his 1991 MIT Ph.D. thesis (nanosystems, molecules, manufacturing, and computation) in speeches and in books such as Engines of Creation The Living Era of Nanotechnology (1986). ... 

Foresight Institute http //www.foresight.org (accessed July 14,2010). Founded by nanotechnology pioneer K. Eric Drexler, the institute is a nonprofit educational organization preparing society for anticipated advanced technologies. Primary focus is molecular nanotechnology The ability to build materials and products with atomic precision, the development of which will have broad implications for the future of our civilization. 

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