Silver Award, Nonfiction Authors Association 4.5 stars, IndieReader Selected for the U.S. Special Operations Command's 2017 Reading List (think Delta Force and Navy Seals) in the Disruptive Technology Category

Suggested textbook for "The 3D Printing Revolution" Coursera course offered by the University of Illinois Champagne-Urbana.

In 3D Printing Will Rock the World, author John Hornick presents an insightful look at how 3D printing could potentially change the planet. 3DPrintingIndustry.com said "John Hornick's '3D Printing Will Rock the World' Rocks." 3DPrintingStocks.com called it a "must read." Professor Aric Rindfleisch, who teaches the Coursera course, calls it "the best book about 3D Printing available today!" To see what industry experts say, see the back cover.

With chapters titled "Morphing Manufacturing," "Merging Science and Nature," "Shrinking the World and Bringing Jobs Home," "3D Printing New Kinds of Crime," and "Rocking Kids' Futures," Hornick discusses a wide range of topics, including the impact of 3D printing on business and personal life, how mass production could be replaced with production by the masses, 3D printing's legal (and illegal) side effects, and how today's kids will 3D print our future.

For fans of Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing by Hod Lipson and Melba Kurman and Makers: The New Industrial Revolution by Chris Anderson, this visionary book is an essential addition to the library of CEOs, investors, makers, and anyone interested in the future of manufacturing.
About the Author:

John Hornick is a partner based in the Washington, DC, headquarters of the Finnegan IP law firm, one of the largest IP firms in the world. Based on his more than thirty years of experience, Hornick counsels clients on virtually every aspect of IP law.

He founded Finnegan's 3D Printing Working Group and advises and educates clients about 3D printing and the IP issues of this rapidly developing and potentially disruptive technology, and how it may affect their businesses.

The only IP attorney selected by the National Academies to participate in the US Comptroller General Forum on Additive Manufacturing (which was the basis of a report to the US Congress), and a juror for the International Additive Manufacturing Award, Hornick has been widely published and frequently speaks on 3D printing and its potential effects on IP law and the world.