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 and environment.
Already, scientists have constructed prototypes for circuit boards built
of millions of precisely arranged atoms. The advent of this kind of
atomic precision promises to change the way we make things -- cleanly,
inexpensively, and on a global scale. It allows us to imagine a world
where solar arrays cost no more than cardboard and aluminum foil, and
laptops cost about the same.
A provocative tour of cutting edge science and its implications by the
field's founder and master, Radical Abundance offers a mind-expanding
vision of a world hurtling toward an unexpected future.