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# Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology (Anchor Library of Science)

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    A work of unbridled, creative genius.
  

*by K***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 12, 2021*

This is a rare type of book: a prophesy of tomorrow. Written in 1986, this brilliant, audacious book, has many prophesies that came true and many that remain to be achieved. Some of the ideas are naive and never made sense in the first place.  That said, it is an inspiration to read because of its brilliance and originality.The first half introduces Drexler’s vision of molecular assemblers, which can make anything. (Drexler understands the meaning of "small" better than Steve Martin's sketch of "getting small".) In the second half, he discusses the pros and cons of making such assemblers, among many other topics. For example, Drexler predicts the use of hypertext in a future world - which is exactly what happened when the Internet was invented.The idea of molecular assemblers is the most interesting of Drexler’s visions – and the most controversial. The inspiration for nanotechnology originated from a talk made by Richard Feynman in the 1959: “There is Plenty of Room at the Bottom”. In 1986, "Engines of Creation" must have created quite a sensation and excitement about nanotechnology. However, at the time the idea of molecular assemblers was not considered feasible by some chemists, particularly a Professor Richard Smally. A debate ensued between Drexler and Smally, who claimed that molecular assemblers as envisioned in "Engines" are impossible. As a result, Drexler -- the inspiration and godfather of nanotechnology -- was ostracized by many in this field he helped create (somewhat like what happened to Oppenheimer after running the Manhattan Project). Drexler later founded the Foresight Institute, which makes forecasts about the future with the objective of making responsible "foresight" in their ideas.

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    A very readable and clear vision of the future.
  

*by K***Y on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 29, 2022*

Barring our foolishness, a distinct possibility, Drexler describes an incredible and inescapable future. Are we up to the challenge of abundance?

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    Legendary. Maybe impossible.
  

*by M***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 30, 2010*

I read several books on nanotechnology that were both more recent and more technically realistic, but this book  wowed me with both breadth and depth of vision. Few tomes compare in scope - Godel, Escher, and Bach perhaps? Ending Aging? There presently isn't anything like the clarion call to nanoscale research that this book represents, and it is not a definitive historical artifact for nothing.This is about the best overview of the conceptual space of nanotechnology you can get right now - even after 24+ years. It's brilliant, it's conscise, it's visionary. It *is* a little much. Accept that and enjoy, and it may become your favorite popular science book.I think much of what Drexler proposes is impossible - as impossible as full human consciousness emulation and interstellar travel anyway. It seems to annoy or overwhelm some readers that Drexler goes so far. It bothered me every now and then. Given a century or three, who knows. It's dubious science, as it reaches beyond tested theories, but it is *great* hard science fiction. Plenty of real science, and I found nothing truly erroneous.If you are looking for something grittier, Drexler's newer books (and work) build on this. For second opinions I recommend Soft Machines and Nanomedicine: basic capabilities - they are more scholarship oriented. Read Engines first: it's hard to put down and it covers so much.If you are interested in nanotechnology, read this book.That is all.

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