Book Summary - Engines of Creation
Introduction
The Coming Era of Nanotechnology
This brilliant work heralds the new age of nanotechnology, which will give us thorough and inexpensive control of the structure of matter. Drexler examines the enormous implications of these developments for medicine, the economy, and the environment, and makes astounding yet well-founded projections for the future.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Engines of Construction
Chapter 2 The Principles of Change
Chapter 3 Predicting and Projecting
Chapter 4 Engines of Abundance
Chapter 5 Thinking Machines
Chapter 6 The World Beyond Earth
Chapter 7 Engines of Healing
Chapter 8 Long Life in an Open World
Chapter 9 A Door to the Future
Chapter 10 The Limits to Growth
Chapter 11 Engines of Destruction
Chapter 12 Strategies and Survival
Chapter 13 Finding the Facts
Chapter 14 The Network of Knowledge
Chapter 15 Worlds Enough, and Time