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Nanoconvergence: The Unity of Nanoscience, Biotechnology, Information Technology and Cognitive Science(English)

Nanoconvergence: The Unity of Nanoscience, Biotechnology, Information Technology and Cognitive Science(English)

          
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Nanoconvergence is the unification of all significant technologies on the basis of understanding and control of structures at the nanoscale. It combines nanotechnology with biotechnology, information technology, and new emerging technologies based on cognitive science. This trend is sometimes called "NBIC" from the major Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno fields that are in the process of unifying. This book is written for a non-technical audience, and to appeal to students and professionals in each of the previously separate fields that are now converging. It will offer new visions of future possibilities and present challenges, based on extensive experience in the government-supported scientific initiatives that are achieving the unification of science and the convergence of the most transformative technologies.

Table of Contents:
Preface  xiii About the Author   xix Chapter 1 Convergence at the Nanoscale  1 The Meaning of "Nano"  1 Nanotechnology and Scientific Progress  4 Technological Convergence  9 Application Areas  15 Radical Transformations  17 The Plan of This Book  19 References  22 Chapter 2 Visions and Illusions  25 Imagination and Impossibility  25 Birds Can't Fly to the Moon  26 Cold Facts  28 Science Fiction  29 Drexler's Vision  35 Alchemy at the Nanoscale  42 Nanopanic  44 Conclusion  46 References  47 Chapter 3 Information Technology  51 Moore's Law  51 Sensors  58 Quantum Computing  60 The Information Technology Research Initiative  63 Grand Information Technology Challenges  68 Conclusion  74 References  76 Chapter 4 Biotechnology  81 Nanotechnology from the Perspective of Biology  81 Nano-Bio Convergence  83 The Problem of Cancer  87 Paths to Nano-Bio Innovation  89 Agriculture and the Environment  92 Evolutionary Methods: Computing and Culture  95 Improving Human Performance  103 Conclusion  106 References  107 Chapter 5 Cognitive Technology  113 The Two Faces of Cognitive Science  113 Cognitive Convergence  117 The Prehistory of Cognitive Technologies   124 Neurotechnology  128 The Communicator  133 Conclusion  136 References  137 Chapter 6 Unification of Science  143 Creating Convergers  143 Eight Principles for Convergence  149 Conservation  150 Indecision  151 Configuration  152 Interaction  153 Variation   153 Evolution   154 Information  155 Cognition  155 Ethical Principles   156 Social Relations   159 Behavioral Social Science  163 Conclusion   168 References  169 Chapter 7 Unity in Diversity  175 Critics of Convergence  175 Looking Forward    180 Family and Reproduction   181 Culture and Personality  183 Societal Institutions   186 Science, Health, and Environment  188 How Will the World Be Governed?  189 A New Science of Services   195 Conclusion  200 References  201 Chapter 8 The Final Frontier  207 The Giant Leap  207 The Realities of Interplanetary Travel  211 The Solar System   215 Personality Transfer  222 What Is to Be Done?   228 Conclusion   231 References  232 Index   239


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780132446433
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Addison Wesley
  • Height: 228 mm
  • No of Pages: 272
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: The Unity of Nanoscience, Biotechnology, Information Technology and Cognitive Science
  • Width: 153 mm
  • ISBN-10: 013244643X
  • Publisher Date: 05 Jul 2007
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 17 mm
  • Weight: 440 gr


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