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Hacking matter : levitating chairs, quantum mirages, and the infinite weirdness of programmable atoms / Wil McCarthy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCarthy, Wil.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nanotechnology--Forecasting.
- Nanotechnology.
- Quantum electronics--Forecasting.
- Quantum electronics.
- Forecasting.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, [2003]
- Summary:
- A science columnist for the SciFi channel imagines a world where programmable matter is the next technological revolution.
- Contents:
- 1 Clarke's Law and the Need for Magic 1
- 2 Standing Waves 9
- 3 The Play of Light 39
- 4 Thermodynamics and the Limits of the Possible 61
- 5 Magnetism and Mechanics 89
- 6 The Point-and-Click Promise 113
- 7 The Programmable City 133
- 8 The Future Tense 151
- Afterword: Accidental Demigods? 171
- Appendix B Patent Application 185.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 046504428X
- OCLC:
- 50696393
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