The Visioneers : How a Group of Elite Scientists Pursued Space Colonies, Nanotechnologies, and a Limitless Future
W. Patrick. McCray
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Princeton : : Princeton University Press, , 2012.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (366 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Visioneering Technological Futures; Chapter 1 Utopia or Oblivion for Spaceship Earth?; Chapter 2 The Inspiration of Limits; Chapter 3 Building Castles in the Sky; Chapter 4 Omnificent; Chapter 5 Could Small Be Beautiful?; Chapter 6 California Dreaming; Chapter 7 Confirmation, Benediction, and Inquisition; Chapter 8 Visioneering's Value; A Note on Sources; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z. - In 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 utopians predicted that their technologies could transform society as humans mastered the ability to create new worlds, undertook atomic-scale engineering, and, if truly successful, overcame their own biological limits. The Visioneers tells the story
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| ISBN | 9780691139838
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