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Radical Evolution

The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It Means toBe Human

by Joel Garreau ...

In Radical Evolution, bestselling author Joel Garreau, a reporter and editor for the Washington Post, shows us that we are at an inflection point in history. As you read this, we are engineering the next stage of human evolution. Through advances in genetic, robotic, information and nanotechnologies, we are altering our minds, our memories, our metabolisms, our personalities, our progeny–and ... Read more

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In Radical Evolution, bestselling author Joel Garreau, a reporter and editor for the Washington Post, shows us that we are at an inflection point in history. As you read this, we are engineering the next stage of human evolution. Through advances in genetic, robotic, information and nanotechnologies, we are altering our minds, our memories, our metabolisms, our personalities, our progeny–and
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Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper

How Innovation Keeps Proving the Catastrophists Wrong

by Robert Bryce ...

In the face of today's environmental and economic challenges, doomsayers preach that the only way to stave off disaster is for humans to reverse course: to de-industrialize, re-localize, ban the use of modern energy sources, and forswear prosperity. But in this provocative and optimistic rebuke to the catastrophists, Robert Bryce shows how innovation and the inexorable human desire to make things ... Read more

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In the face of today's environmental and economic challenges, doomsayers preach that the only way to stave off disaster is for humans to reverse course: to de-industrialize, re-localize, ban the use of modern energy sources, and forswear prosperity. But in this provocative and optimistic rebuke to the catastrophists, Robert Bryce shows how innovation and the inexorable human desire to make things
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Radical Abundance

How a Revolution in Nanotechnology Will Change Civilization

by K. Eric Drexler ...

K. Eric Drexler is the founding father of nanotechnology -- the science of engineering on a molecular level. In Radical Abundance, he shows how rapid scientific progress is about to change our world. Thanks to atomically precise manufacturing, we will soon have the power to produce radically more of what people want, and at a lower cost. The result will shake the very foundations of our economy ... Read more

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K. Eric Drexler is the founding father of nanotechnology -- the science of engineering on a molecular level. In Radical Abundance, he shows how rapid scientific progress is about to change our world. Thanks to atomically precise manufacturing, we will soon have the power to produce radically more of what people want, and at a lower cost. The result will shake the very foundations of our economy
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A Different Universe

Reinventing Physics From the Bottom Down

by Robert B Laughlin ...

A Nobel-winning physicist argues that fundamental physical laws are found not in the world of atoms, but in the macroscopic world around usIn this age of superstring theories and Big Bang cosmology, we're used to thinking of the unknown as impossibly distant from our everyday lives. But in A Different Universe, Nobel Laureate Robert Laughlin argues that the scientific frontier is right under our ... Read more

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A Nobel-winning physicist argues that fundamental physical laws are found not in the world of atoms, but in the macroscopic world around usIn this age of superstring theories and Big Bang cosmology, we're used to thinking of the unknown as impossibly distant from our everyday lives. But in A Different Universe, Nobel Laureate Robert Laughlin argues that the scientific frontier is right under our
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Virtual You

How Building Your Digital Twin Will Revolutionize Medicine and Change Your Life

by Peter Coveney, Roger Highfield ...

The visionary science behind the digital human twins that will enhance our health and our futureVirtual You is a panoramic account of efforts by scientists around the world to build digital twins of human beings, from cells and tissues to organs and whole bodies. These virtual copies will usher in a new era of personalized medicine, one in which your digital twin can help predict your risk of ... Read more

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The visionary science behind the digital human twins that will enhance our health and our futureVirtual You is a panoramic account of efforts by scientists around the world to build digital twins of human beings, from cells and tissues to organs and whole bodies. These virtual copies will usher in a new era of personalized medicine, one in which your digital twin can help predict your risk of
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The Visioneers

How a Group of Elite Scientists Pursued Space Colonies, Nanotechnologies, and a Limitless Future

by W. Patrick McCray ...

The story of the visionary scientists who invented the futureIn 1969, Princeton physicist Gerard O'Neill began looking outward to space colonies as the new frontier for humanity's expansion. A decade later, Eric Drexler, an MIT-trained engineer, turned his attention to the molecular world as the place where society's future needs could be met using self-replicating nanoscale machines. These modern ... Read more

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The story of the visionary scientists who invented the futureIn 1969, Princeton physicist Gerard O'Neill began looking outward to space colonies as the new frontier for humanity's expansion. A decade later, Eric Drexler, an MIT-trained engineer, turned his attention to the molecular world as the place where society's future needs could be met using self-replicating nanoscale machines. These modern
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Thriving During The Great Reset: A Shark's Guide To Investing in Gold, Rare Coins, Bitcoin, & The Singularity!

by David Vogel ...

The next big disruption……will change humanity forever.Are you ready for the Great Reset?In 2020, we learned that the entire population can be impacted by a single event. It changed our lives. The markets plummeted, for a while, and some knew how to be on the winning side of that dip. Every country on Earth seemed vulnerable.Was anyone prepared?The billionaires had a plan. LessThe next big ... Read more

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The next big disruption……will change humanity forever.Are you ready for the Great Reset?In 2020, we learned that the entire population can be impacted by a single event. It changed our lives. The markets plummeted, for a while, and some knew how to be on the winning side of that dip. Every country on Earth seemed vulnerable.Was anyone prepared?The billionaires had a plan. LessThe next big
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Current At The Nanoscale: An Introduction To Nanoelectronics (2nd Edition)

by Colm Durkan ...

This second edition of the book, initially written as an introductory text dealing with how electric currents behave at the nanometer scale, begins with a general description of electric currents at the macroscale. Then by considering the physical length scales relevant to electron flow, it is observed how the behavior of currents varies as they approach the nanoscale. A quantum description of ... Read more

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This second edition of the book, initially written as an introductory text dealing with how electric currents behave at the nanometer scale, begins with a general description of electric currents at the macroscale. Then by considering the physical length scales relevant to electron flow, it is observed how the behavior of currents varies as they approach the nanoscale. A quantum description of
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Le nouvel homme nouveau

voyages dans les utopies de la posthumanité

by Antoine Robitaille ...

L'homo sapiens serait-il en train de céder tranquillement sa place à une espèce supérieure, le posthumain? Le clonage de Dolly il y a dix ans, a donné le sentiment que l'humain pouvait intervenir dans les arcanes de la vie. Les maladies, la mort, règles éternelles de la «condition humaine», semblent soudain remises en question. Surtout avec la mise au point de prothèses toujours plus ... Read more

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L'homo sapiens serait-il en train de céder tranquillement sa place à une espèce supérieure, le posthumain? Le clonage de Dolly il y a dix ans, a donné le sentiment que l'humain pouvait intervenir dans les arcanes de la vie. Les maladies, la mort, règles éternelles de la «condition humaine», semblent soudain remises en question. Surtout avec la mise au point de prothèses toujours plus
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The Vinyl Enigma

by Robert Love ...

MIT engineering professor Evan Blake has discovered a strange object in London. It looks like a vinyl LP record, yet plays a seemingly unlimited amount of jazz, which appeals to Evan as a jazz musician. The previous owner, cellist and composer Nigel Thompson, had heard classical music coming from the same disc. Evan examines the device and finds highly advanced nanotechnology at work. He concludes ... Read more

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MIT engineering professor Evan Blake has discovered a strange object in London. It looks like a vinyl LP record, yet plays a seemingly unlimited amount of jazz, which appeals to Evan as a jazz musician. The previous owner, cellist and composer Nigel Thompson, had heard classical music coming from the same disc. Evan examines the device and finds highly advanced nanotechnology at work. He concludes
... Read more
Deliberative Public Engagement with Science

An Empirical Investigation

by Lisa M. PytlikZillig, Myiah J. Hutchens, Peter Muhlberger, Frank J. Gonzalez, Alan J. Tomkins ...

Series series SpringerBriefs in Psychology
This compact open access reference delves beyond popular concepts of educated consumers and an informed public by examining the science behind deliberative engagement. Using data from four longitudinal studies, the authors assess public engagement methods in deliberative discussions of ethical, legal, and social issues concerning innovations in nanotechnology. Coverage includes the theoretical ... Read more

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This compact open access reference delves beyond popular concepts of educated consumers and an informed public by examining the science behind deliberative engagement. Using data from four longitudinal studies, the authors assess public engagement methods in deliberative discussions of ethical, legal, and social issues concerning innovations in nanotechnology. Coverage includes the theoretical
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Nano Comes to Life

How Nanotechnology Is Transforming Medicine and the Future of Biology

by Sonia Contera ...

The nanotechnology revolution that will transform human health and longevityNano Comes to Life opens a window onto the nanoscale—the infinitesimal realm of proteins and DNA where physics and cellular and molecular biology meet—and introduces readers to the rapidly evolving nanotechnologies that are allowing us to manipulate the very building blocks of life. Sonia Contera gives an insider's ... Read more

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The nanotechnology revolution that will transform human health and longevityNano Comes to Life opens a window onto the nanoscale—the infinitesimal realm of proteins and DNA where physics and cellular and molecular biology meet—and introduces readers to the rapidly evolving nanotechnologies that are allowing us to manipulate the very building blocks of life. Sonia Contera gives an insider's
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Carbon Queen

The Remarkable Life of Nanoscience Pioneer Mildred Dresselhaus

by Maia Weinstock ...

The life of trailblazing physicist Mildred Dresselhaus, who expanded our understanding of the physical world.As a girl in New York City in the 1940s, Mildred “Millie” Dresselhaus was taught that there were only three career options open to women: secretary, nurse, or teacher. But sneaking into museums, purchasing three-cent copies of National Geographic, and devouring books on the history of ... Read more

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The life of trailblazing physicist Mildred Dresselhaus, who expanded our understanding of the physical world.As a girl in New York City in the 1940s, Mildred “Millie” Dresselhaus was taught that there were only three career options open to women: secretary, nurse, or teacher. But sneaking into museums, purchasing three-cent copies of National Geographic, and devouring books on the history of
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Lessons From Nanoelectronics: A New Perspective On Transport

by Supriyo Datta ...

Series Book 1 - Lessons From Nanoscience: A Lecture Notes Series
Everyone is familiar with the amazing performance of a modern smartphone, powered by a billion-plus nanotransistors, each having an active region that is barely a few hundred atoms in length.These lecture notes are about a less appreciated by-product of the microelectronics revolution, namely the deeper understanding of current flow, and device operation that it has enabled, which forms the basis ... Read more

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Everyone is familiar with the amazing performance of a modern smartphone, powered by a billion-plus nanotransistors, each having an active region that is barely a few hundred atoms in length.These lecture notes are about a less appreciated by-product of the microelectronics revolution, namely the deeper understanding of current flow, and device operation that it has enabled, which forms the basis
... Read more
Mine Disasters and Mine Rescue (Third Edition)

by M A Ramlu ...

This self-contained classic textbook on the subject of mine disasters and mine rescue draws on the author's nearly thirty years of teaching and research experience and his abiding interest in mine safety for the benefit of mining engineering students. It provides a comprehensive view of the hazards constantly posed by fires, explosions, coal and gas outbursts and inundations in mines and the ... Read more

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This self-contained classic textbook on the subject of mine disasters and mine rescue draws on the author's nearly thirty years of teaching and research experience and his abiding interest in mine safety for the benefit of mining engineering students. It provides a comprehensive view of the hazards constantly posed by fires, explosions, coal and gas outbursts and inundations in mines and the
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Visions of DNA Nanotechnology at 40 for the Next 40

A Tribute to Nadrian C. Seeman

Edited by Nataša Jonoska, Erik Winfree ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This open access book provides a unique and state-of-the-art view on DNA nanotechnology with an eye toward future developments. Intended as a tribute to Nadrian C. Seeman, who founded the field of DNA nanotechnology, the content is an exciting mixture of technical and non-technical material, reviews, tutorials, perspectives, new findings, and open questions. The book aims to inspire current ... Read more

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This open access book provides a unique and state-of-the-art view on DNA nanotechnology with an eye toward future developments. Intended as a tribute to Nadrian C. Seeman, who founded the field of DNA nanotechnology, the content is an exciting mixture of technical and non-technical material, reviews, tutorials, perspectives, new findings, and open questions. The book aims to inspire current
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Membrane Biophysics

by Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman, Jack A. Tuszynski ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Physics, mathematics and chemistry all play a vital role in understanding the true nature and functioning of biological membranes, key elements of living processes. Besides simple spectroscopic observations and electrical measurements of membranes we address in this book the phenomena of coexistence and independent existence of different membrane components using various theoretical approaches. ... Read more

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Physics, mathematics and chemistry all play a vital role in understanding the true nature and functioning of biological membranes, key elements of living processes. Besides simple spectroscopic observations and electrical measurements of membranes we address in this book the phenomena of coexistence and independent existence of different membrane components using various theoretical approaches.
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Nanoscale Photonic Imaging

Edited by Tim Salditt, Alexander Egner, D. Russell Luke ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This open access book, edited and authored by a team of world-leading researchers, provides a broad overview of advanced photonic methods for nanoscale visualization, as well as describing a range of fascinating in-depth studies. Introductory chapters cover the most relevant physics and basic methods that young researchers need to master in order to work effectively in the field of nanoscale ... Read more

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This open access book, edited and authored by a team of world-leading researchers, provides a broad overview of advanced photonic methods for nanoscale visualization, as well as describing a range of fascinating in-depth studies. Introductory chapters cover the most relevant physics and basic methods that young researchers need to master in order to work effectively in the field of nanoscale
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The Girl in the Golden Atom

Enriched edition. Delving into Microscopic Realms and Cosmic Mysteries

by Ray Cummings, Sterling Hale ...

In Ray Cummings' speculative novella, "The Girl in the Golden Atom," readers are transported into a universe of imaginative exploration and scientific curiosity, where the boundaries of reality are redefined. Written during the early 20th century, a period marked by burgeoning interest in atomic theory and quantum mechanics, Cummings employs a lyrical prose style that marries vivid descriptions ... Read more

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In Ray Cummings' speculative novella, "The Girl in the Golden Atom," readers are transported into a universe of imaginative exploration and scientific curiosity, where the boundaries of reality are redefined. Written during the early 20th century, a period marked by burgeoning interest in atomic theory and quantum mechanics, Cummings employs a lyrical prose style that marries vivid descriptions
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Quantum Dots for DNA Biosensing

by Hai-Ping Huang, Jing-Jing Li, Jun-Jie Zhu, Fang-Fang Cheng ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book provides a broad introduction to all major aspects of quantum dot properties including fluorescence, electrochemical, photochemical and electroluminescence. Such properties have been produced for applications in biosensing, cell tracking, in vivo animal imaging and so on. It focuses on their special applications in DNA biosensing and provides readers with detailed information on the ... Read more

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This book provides a broad introduction to all major aspects of quantum dot properties including fluorescence, electrochemical, photochemical and electroluminescence. Such properties have been produced for applications in biosensing, cell tracking, in vivo animal imaging and so on. It focuses on their special applications in DNA biosensing and provides readers with detailed information on the
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Conservation of Modern Oil Paintings

Edited by Klaas Jan van den Berg, Ilaria Bonaduce, Aviva Burnstock, Bronwyn Ormsby, Mikkel Scharff, Leslie Carlyle, Gunnar Heydenreich, Katrien Keune ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Artists’ oil paints have become increasingly complex and diverse in the 20th Century, applied by artists in a variety of ways. This has led to a number of issues that pose increasing difficulties to conservators and collection keepers. A deeper knowledge of the artists’ intent as well as processes associated with material changes in paintings is important to conservation, which is almost always a ... Read more

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Artists’ oil paints have become increasingly complex and diverse in the 20th Century, applied by artists in a variety of ways. This has led to a number of issues that pose increasing difficulties to conservators and collection keepers. A deeper knowledge of the artists’ intent as well as processes associated with material changes in paintings is important to conservation, which is almost always a
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Vortex, Molecular Spin and Nanovorticity

An Introduction

by Percival McCormack ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
The subject of this book is the physics of vortices. A detailed analysis of the dynamics of vortices will be presented. The important topics of vorticity and molecular spin will be dealt with, including the electromagnetic analogy and quantization in superfluids. The effect of molecular spin on the dynamics of molecular nano-confined fluids using the extended Navier-Stokes equations will also be ... Read more

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The subject of this book is the physics of vortices. A detailed analysis of the dynamics of vortices will be presented. The important topics of vorticity and molecular spin will be dealt with, including the electromagnetic analogy and quantization in superfluids. The effect of molecular spin on the dynamics of molecular nano-confined fluids using the extended Navier-Stokes equations will also be
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Nanomédicine - La médicine de l'avenir

by Marco Casella ...

Ce livre donne un aperçu de la nanomédicine. En particulier, le livre aborde les applications nanomédicales (délivrance des médicaments, microlaboratoires sur puces et bioMEMS) et les effets positifs et négatifs des nanotechnologies surla santé humaine. ... Read more

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Ce livre donne un aperçu de la nanomédicine. En particulier, le livre aborde les applications nanomédicales (délivrance des médicaments, microlaboratoires sur puces et bioMEMS) et les effets positifs et négatifs des nanotechnologies surla santé humaine.
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Carbon-Based Nanomaterials for Environmental Applications

by Muhammad Ikram, Ali Haider, Sawaira Moeen, Junaid Haider ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book delves into the incredible potential of carbon-based nanomaterials to solve critical ecological problems. Over the last few decades, substantial research has been conducted on the design and development of advanced nanomaterials for efficient energy storage, wastewater treatment, and antibacterial activities. Carbon-based materials have drawn increasing attention owing to their ... Read more

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This book delves into the incredible potential of carbon-based nanomaterials to solve critical ecological problems. Over the last few decades, substantial research has been conducted on the design and development of advanced nanomaterials for efficient energy storage, wastewater treatment, and antibacterial activities. Carbon-based materials have drawn increasing attention owing to their
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