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Author Jones, Richard A. L. (Richard Anthony Lewis), 1961-

Title Soft machines : nanotechnology and life / Richard A.L. Jones
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 229 pages) : illustrations
Contents Fantastic voyages -- Looking at the nanoworld -- Nanofabrication -- The Brownian universe: physics at the nanoscale -- Making soft machines -- Machines and mechanisms -- Wetware: chemical computing from bacteria to brains -- Single-molecule electronics -- Our nanotechnological future
Summary Enthusiasts look forward to a time when tiny machines reassemble matter and process information with unparalleled power and precision. Is their vision realistic? This book explains why the nanoworld is so different to the macro-world, and shows how nanotechnology will have more in common with biology than conventional engineering. - ;Enthusiasts look forward to a time when tiny machines reassemble matter and process information with unparalleled power and precision. But is their vision realistic? Where is the science heading? As nanotechnology (a new technology that many believe will transform
Notes Originally published: 2004
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-223) and index
Notes English
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Subject Nanotechnology.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Nanotechnology & MEMS.
Nanotechnology
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191567247
0191567248
Other Titles Nanotechnology and life