Lukol Directory: Science: Technology: Nanotechnology: Books

Nanotechnology: Molecular Speculations on Global Abundance
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/026...

Handbook of Nanoscience, Engineering, and Technology
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/084...

NanoSPRINT - Visual Science
Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology, with a first volume dealing with carbon nanotubes, their properties, peculiarities and applications.
http://www.nanosprint.com

Nanoscience: Friction and Rheology on the Nanometer Scale
Edited by E. Meyer, T. Gyalog, R.M. Overney, K. Dransfeld; World Scientific Publishing, 1999, ISBN 9812380620. Technical introduction to nanometer-scale tribology via friction force probe microscopy. [publisher website]
http://www.worldscientific.com/books/nanos...

Nano: The Emerging Science of Nanotechnology
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/031...

MEMS and NEMS: Systems, Devices, and Structures
By Sergey Edward Lyshevski; CRC Press, 2002, ISBN 0849312620. Multidisciplinary, forms basis for MEMS, NEMS synthesis, modeling, analysis, simulation, control, prototyping, fabrication. [CRC Press]
http://www.crcpress.com/shopping_cart/prod...

Unbounding the Future: The Nanotechnology Revolution
By K. Eric Drexler, Chris Peterson, Gayle Pergamit; Quill (reprint), 1993, ISBN 0688125735. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/068...

Our Molecular Future: How Nanotechnology, Robotics, Genetics and Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Our World
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/157...

Nanotechnology: Research and Perspectives
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/026...

Understanding Nanotechnology
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/044...

Nanomedicine, Volume 1: Basic Capabilities
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/157...

Prospects in Nanotechnology: Toward Molecular Manufacturing
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/047...

Nanoscience: Friction and Rheology on the Nanometer Scale
Information, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/981...

Introduction to Nanotechnology
By Charles P. Poole, Jr., Frank J. Owens; John Wiley & Sons, 2003, ISBN 0471079359. Broad, practical overview of topic, gives researchers coverage of developments in nanotechnology outside their fields. [publisher website]
http://www.wiley.com/cda/product/0,,047107...

Hacking Matter: Levitating Chairs, Quantum Mirages, and the Infinite Weirdness of Programmable Atoms
By Wil McCarthy; Basic Books, 2003, ISBN 046504428X. Programmable matter, via quantum dots, will someday change our lives. Author visits labs of major firms, talks to researchers developing this extraordinary technology. [SFF Net]
http://www.sff.net/people/wmccarth/hm.htm

Physical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes
By Riichiro Saito, Gene Dresselhaus, Mildred S. Dresselhaus; Imperial College Press, 1998, ISBN 1860940935. Introductory textbook for graduate students, researchers in condensed matter and solid state physics. [publisher website]
http://www.icpress.co.uk/books/nanosci/p08...

The Forge of Mars
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/044...

The First Immortal
Web site for James Halperin's 1998 SF novel, which explores the future of cryonics and nanotechnology.
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/firsti...

The First Immortal
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/034...

Semiconductors for Micro- and Nanotechnology: An Introduction for Engineers
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/352...

Handbook of Nanoscience, Engineering, and Technology
Edited by William A. Goddard III, Donald W. Brenner, Sergey Edward Lyshevski, Gerald J. Iafrate; CRC Press, 2002, ISBN 0849312000. Examines NEMS applications in many diverse areas. [CRC Press]
http://www.crcpress.com/shopping_cart/prod...

The Forge of Mars
By Bruce Balfour; ACE-Oryx, 2002, ISBN 0441009549. Futuristic thriller explores nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, colonizing Mars. Site has science news, author bio, reader's guide, links, Mars photos. [Scribbling Gargoyle Entertainment Corp.]
http://www.forgeofmars.com/

Nanotechnology: Basic Science and Emerging Technologies
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/158...

Nanoelectromechanics in Engineering and Biology
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/084...

Nanocosm: Nanotechnology and the Big Changes Coming from the Inconceivably Small
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/081...

Molecular Engineering of Nanosystems
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/038...

Nanocosm: Nanotechnology and the Big Changes Coming from the Inconceivably Small
By William Illsey Atkinson; AMACOM, 2003, ISBN 0814471811. Lay description of topic, many opinions expressed, not as accurate as it could be. [American Management Association]
http://www.amanet.org/books/catalog/081447...

Nano: The Emerging Science of Nanotechnology
By Ed Regis; Little Brown & Co., 1996, ISBN 0316738522. Overview of short, rapid history of this topic, proponents and opponents, prospects. [Time Warner Bookmark]
http://www.twbookmark.com/books/95/0316738...

Nano-Engineering in Science and Technology: An Introduction to the World of Nano-Design
By Michael Rieth; World Scientific Publishing, 2003, ISBN 9812380736. Technical introduction, starts with quantum mechanical treatment of many-particle problem; focus: molecular dynamics method. [publisher website]
http://www.worldscientific.com/books/nanos...

Nanotechnology: Basic Science and Emerging Technologies
Edited by Mick Wilson, Kamali Kannangara, Geoff Smith, Michelle Simmons, Burkhard Raguse; CRC Press, 2002, ISBN 0849311837. Accessible to nonspecialists, engineers, scientists outside the field, even undergraduates. [CRC Press]
http://www.crcpress.com/shopping_cart/prod...

Review of Nanocosm
By Chris Phoenix. This anti-Drexler book reports on nanotech but suffers from many technical inaccuracies and distortions of work of nanotech pioneers. [KurzweilAI.net]
http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?...

Handbook of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology
Edited by Hari Singh Nalwa; Academic Press, 2000, ISBN 0125137605, Volumes 1-5. Won 1999 Award of Excellence in Engineering Handbooks from Association of American Publishers; 140 authors. [Academic Press]
http://www.bhusa.com/apcatalog/us/subindex...

Key Technologies for the 21st Century: Scientific American: A Special Issue
Edited by Scientific American; W.H. Freeman & Co, 1996, ISBN 0716729482. One of series; treats future of medicine, cyberspace, transport, production, energy, environment, with a nanotechnology focus. [publisher website]
http://www.whfreeman.com/generalreaders/bo...

The Investor's Guide to Nanotechnology & Micromachines
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/047...

Nanotechnology: Research and Perspectives
Edited by B.C. Crandall, James Lewis; MIT Press, 1992, ISBN 0262031957. Overview of presently understood paths to molecule scale engineering. [MIT Press]
http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/defau...

Nanotechnology
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/038...

The Investor's Guide to Nanotechnology & Micromachines
By Glenn Fishbine; John Wiley & Sons, 2002, ISBN 0471443557. First investment guide to fast emerging industry. In 2000, government and private investment topped $1 billion, should grow exponentially in future. [John Wiley & Sons]
http://www.wiley.com/cda/product/0,,047144...

Becoming Immortal: Nanotechnology, You, and the Demise of Death
By Wesley M. Du Charme; Blue Creek Ventures, 1995, ISBN 0964628201. Popular treatment of nanotechnology, cryonics. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/096...

Key Technologies for the 21st Century: Scientific American: A Special Issue
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/071...

Nanotechnology: A Gentle Introduction to the Next Big Idea
By Mark Ratner, Daniel Ratner; Prentice Hall PTR, 2002, ISBN 0131014005. For non-technical readers, simple, brief, survey, little math; shows how topic works, what's new and next, why it may be next $1 trillion industry. [Prentice Hall PTR]
http://www.phptr.com/browse/product.asp?pr...

Nanotechnology: Towards a Molecular Construction Kit
By Arthur ten Wolde; New World Ventures, 1998, ISBN 908044961X. Describes topic; where physical, chemical and biotic approaches meet; possible technologies for nano-fabrication, possible effects. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/908...

Quantum Dots
Information, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/981...

Nanomedicine, Volume 1: Basic Capabilities
By Robert A. Freitas Jr.; Landes Bioscience, 1999, ISBN 157059645X, volume 1 of 3. About applying nanotechnology to medicine. [Online]
http://www.nanomedicine.com/

The Next Big Thing Is Really Small: How Nanotechnology Will Change the Future of Your Business
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/140...

Integrated Chemical Systems: A Chemical Approach to Nanotechnology
By Allen J. Bard; Wiley-Interscience, 1994, ISBN 0471007331. Systematic, real world approach to nanosystems, many actual examples, scores of figures and photo illustrations. [John Wiley & Sons]
http://www.wiley.com/cda/product/0,,047100...

AsiaNANO 2002: Proceedings of the Asian Symposium on Nanotechnology and Nanoscience 2002
Edited by Masatsugu Shimomura, Teruya Ishihara; World Scientific Publishing, 2002, ISBN 9812383921. Conference proceedings, Tokyo, Japan, 27-29 November 2002, table of contents. [publisher website]
http://www.worldscientific.com/books/nanos...

Quantum Dots
Edited by Elena Borovitskaya, Michael S. Shur; World Scientific Publishing, 2002, ISBN 9810249187. Technical review of all current aspects of quantum dot systems, theory, and technology. [publisher website]
http://www.worldscientific.com/books/nanos...

Physical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes
Description, information, contents, sample chapters. [World Scientific Publishing]
http://www.worldscientific.com/books/nanos...

Microelectronics, Microsystems and Nanotechnology
Information, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/981...

Nanotechnology: A Gentle Introduction to the Next Big Idea
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/013...

Nano- and Microelectromechanical Systems: Fundamentals of Nano- and Microengineering
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/084...

Electrochemical Nanotechnology: In Situ Local Probe Techniques at Electrochemical Interfaces
Edited by Wolfgang J. Lorenz, Waldfried Plieth; John Wiley & Sons, 1998, ISBN 0471575186. Full treatment of interface phenomena at solid state surfaces by local probe methods such as near contact microscopy. [publisher website]
http://www.wiley.com/cda/product/0,,352729...

Semiconductors for Micro- and Nanotechnology: An Introduction for Engineers
By Jan G. Korvink, Andreas Greiner; John Wiley & Sons, 2002, ISBN 3527302573. Textbook on properties and behavior of semiconductors, how to use them to design and make micro- and nano-systems. [publisher website]
http://www.wiley.com/cda/product/0,,352730...

Nanostructured Materials
Edited by Jackie Yi-Ru Ying; Academic Press, 2001, ISBN 0127444513. Course book and compact reference for academic and industrial readers. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/012...

The Next Big Thing Is Really Small: How Nanotechnology Will Change the Future of Your Business
By Jack Uldrich, Deb Newberry; Crown Publishing Group, 2003, ISBN 1400046890. Introductory lay treatment, very useful for understanding day-to-day and business implications. [Random House]
http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/catalog/d...

Our Molecular Future: How Nanotechnology, Robotics, Genetics and Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Our World
By Douglas Mulhall; Prometheus Books, 2002, ISBN 1573929921. Examines vast potential of new technologies to help us cope with many problems. Site has table of contents, excerpts, news release. [Prometheus Books Publishers]
http://www.ourmolecularfuture.com/

Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation
By K. Eric Drexler; John Wiley & Sons, 1992, ISBN 0471575186. Large, pioneering technical and mathematical text, may be author's greatest contribution to this field. [publisher website]
http://www.wiley.com/cda/product/0,,047157...

Future Trends in Microelectronics: The Nano Millennium
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/047...

Introduction to Nanotechnology
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/047...

Nanotechnology: Molecular Speculations on Global Abundance
Edited by B.C. Crandall; MIT Press, 1996, ISBN 0262531372. Accessible to wide audience, with references to technical literature, shows wide range of uses of nanotechnology. [MIT Press]
http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/defau...

Nanotech Book Reviews
Steve Lenhert reviews his two favorite nanotech books, Travels to the Nanoworld and Nanotechnology.
http://nanotech.about.com/science/nanotech...

Understanding Nanotechnology
Edited by Scientific American; Warner Books, 2002, ISBN 0446679569. Accessible overview of this topic, and many profound applications. [Time Warner Bookmark]
http://www.twbookmark.com/books/47/0446679...

Unbounding the Future: The Nanotechnology Revolution
By K. Eric Drexler, Chris Peterson, Gayle Pergamit; William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1991; Quill (reprint), 1993, ISBN 0688125735. Clear, nontechnical introduction to molecular manufacturing: what it is, and may make possible, dangers and opportunities. [Foresight Institute, Online]
http://www.foresight.org/UTF/Unbound_LBW/

Designing the Molecular World
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/069...

Integrated Chemical Systems: A Chemical Approach to Nanotechnology
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/047...

Nanoelectromechanics in Engineering and Biology
By Michael Pycraft Hughes; CRC Press, 2002, ISBN 0849311837. Nanotechnology depends on abilities to manage nanoscale objects via interactions of electric fields, nanoparticles, ambient molecules. [CRC Press]
http://www.crcpress.com/shopping_cart/prod...

Physical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/186...

Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology
Description, picture, links. [Anchor]
http://www.randomhouse.com/anchor/catalog/...

Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/047...

Future Trends in Microelectronics: The Nano Millennium
Edited by Serge Luryi, Jimmy Xu, Alex Zaslavsky; John Wiley & Sons, 2002, ISBN 0471212474. Based on ideas, discussions arising from 3rd Future Trends in Microelectronics (FTM) workshop series, summer 2001. [publisher website]
http://www.wiley.com/cda/product/0,,047121...

Electrochemical Nanotechnology: In Situ Local Probe Techniques at Electrochemical Interfaces
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/352...

Prospects in Nanotechnology: Toward Molecular Manufacturing
Edited by Markus Krummenacker, James Lewis; John Wiley & Sons, 1995, ISBN 0471309141. Result of Foresight Institute 3rd nanotechnology conference; introduction and overview, then topical presentations. [publisher website]
http://www.wiley.com/cda/product/0,,047130...

Nanosystems Book Review
By Chris Worth. K. Eric Drexler's textbook reviewed, followed by much interesting, lively debate. [Slashdot]
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/10/2...

Microelectronics, Microsystems and Nanotechnology
Edited by Androula G. Nassiopoulou, Xanthi Zianni; World Scientific Publishing, 2000, ISBN 9810247699. Conference proceedings, Athens, Greece, 20-22 November 2000, table of contents. [publisher website]
http://www.worldscientific.com/books/nanos...

Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/038...

MEMS and NEMS: Systems, Devices, and Structures
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/084...

Travels to the Nanoworld: Miniature Machinery in Nature and Technology
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/030...

Nanotechnology Research Directions: IWGN Workshop Report: Vision for Nanotechnology in the Next Decade
Edited by R.S. Williams, P. Alivisatos, M.C. Roco; Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000, ISBN 0792362209. Report based on consensus views of government, academia, private sector, by Interagency Working Group on Nano Science, Engineering, and Technology. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/079...

Hacking Matter: Levitating Chairs, Quantum Mirages, and the Infinite Weirdness of Programmable Atoms
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/046...

Nano-Engineering in Science and Technology: An Introduction to the World of Nano-Design
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/981...

Handbook of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/012...

Highly-Organized Substances and Nanotechnology: 2nd International Conference on Chemistry of Highly-Organized Substances and Scientific Principles of Nanotechnology
Edited by V.B. Alescovskii; John Wiley & Sons, 1999, ISBN 3527298045. Part of macromolecular symposia series, meeting theme: combining isolated effects in studying covalent and non-covalent multinuclear chemical systems. [publisher website]
http://www.wiley.com/cda/product/0,,352729...

Designing the Molecular World: Chemistry at the Frontier
Philip Ball; Princeton University Press, 1996, ISBN 0691029008. Accessible survey of new results in many major fields allied with chemistry: molecular electronics, artificial enzymes, smart polymer gels. [Princeton University Press]
http://pup.princeton.edu/titles/5414.html

Molecular Engineering of Nanosystems
By Edward A. Rietman; Springer-Verlag NY, 2001, ISBN 0387989889. Technical introduction. It is growing possible to manipulate biotic tissues and materials the size of individual cells, organelles, molecules. [Publisher's description.]
http://www.springer.com/dal/home/generic/s...

Chemistry at the Beginning of the Third Millennium
Edited by Luigi Fabbrizzi, Antonio Poggi; Springer-Verlag, 2000, ISBN 0387989889. Accessible treatment of molecular design, supramolecules, nanotechnology and beyond; 15 chapters by specialists. [Publisher website.]
http://www.springer.com/dal/home?SGWID=1-1...


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