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- 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]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0964628201
- Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology - [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385199732
- Foresight Institute Nanotechnology Bookstore - Amazon.com associate program for books sold via Foresight. If one wishes to buy any of these titles, and does so via these Foresight links, then Foresight shares in the profit.
www.foresight.org/NanoRev/Bookstore.html
- 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. [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0125137605
- Key Technologies for the 21st Century: Scientific American: A Special Issue - Edited by Scientific American; W.H. Freeman & Co, 1996, ISBN 0716729482. One of a series. Treats future of medicine, cyberspace, transport, production, energy, environment, with a nanotechnology focus. [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0716729482
- Molecular Engineering of Nanosystems - By Ed Rietman, Edward Rietman; Springer Verlag, 2001, ISBN 0387989889. Technical introduction. [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0387989889
- Nano- and Microelectromechanical Systems: Fundamentals of Nano- and Microengineering - By Sergey Edward Lyshevski, CRC Press, 2000, ISBN 0849309166. Text for one semester course, requires calculus, electromagnetics, physics. [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0849309166
- 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]
www.nanomedicine.com
- Nanomedicine, Volume 1: Basic Capabilities - [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/157059645X
- 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]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0127444513
- Nanosystems Book Review - K. Eric Drexler's textbook reviewed by Chris Worth followed by much interesting, lively debate. [Slashdot]
slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/10/28/1133200
- Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation - By K. Eric Drexler; John Wiley & Sons, 1992, ISBN 0471575186. Large technical and mathematical text, may be author's greatest contribution to this topic. [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471575186
- Nanotech Book Reviews - Steve Lenhert reviews his two favorite nanotech books, Travels to the Nanoworld and Nanotechnology.
nanotech.about.com/science/nanotech/library/weekly/aa111200a.htm
- Nanotechnology - Edited by Gregory Timp; Springer Verlag, 1999, ISBN 0387983341. Survey of the machinery and science of the nanometer scale, 22 authors. [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0387983341
- 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]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0792362209
- Nanotechnology: Molecular Speculations on Global Abundance - Edited by B.C. Crandall; MIT Press, 1996, ISBN 0262531372. "In clear and compelling language, Nanotechnology describes the ideas and techniques that are creating a new domain of science and technology." -Edward O. Wilson. [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0262531372
- 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. [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0262031957
- 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]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/908044961X
- 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]
www.ourmolecularfuture.com
- Our Molecular Future: How Nanotechnology, Robotics, Genetics and Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Our World - [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1573929921
- Prospects in Nanotechnology: Toward Molecular Manufacturing - Edited by Markus Krummenacker, James Lewis; John Wiley & Sons, 1995, ISBN 0471309141. Result of Foresight Institute's 3rd nanotechnology conference; introduction and overview, then topical presentations. [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471309141
- The First Immortal - [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345420926
- 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]
www.randomhouse.com/features/firstimmortal
- 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.]
www.forgeofmars.com
- The Forge of Mars - [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0441009549
- The Investor's Guide to Nanotechnology and Micromachines - By Glenn Fishbine; John Wiley & Sons, 2002, ISBN 0471443557. First investment guide to fast emerging industry. In 2000, government plus private investment topped $1 billion and should grow exponentially in coming years. [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471443557
- Travels to the Nanoworld: Miniature Machinery in Nature and Technology - By Michael Gross; Perseus Press, 1999, ISBN 0306460084. Popularization, partly about nanotechnology. [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0306460084
- 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]
www.foresight.org/UTF/Unbound_LBW
- Unbounding the Future: The Nanotechnology Revolution - By K. Eric Drexler, Chris Peterson, Gayle Pergamit; Quill (reprint), 1993, ISBN 0688125735. [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0688125735
- Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology - 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]
www.foresight.org/EOC
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