| Nanotechnology Demystified |  | Authors: Linda Williams, Wade Adams
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Category: Book
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Edition: 1
Pages: 343
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Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0071460233
Dewey Decimal Number: 620.5
EAN: 9780071460231
ASIN: 0071460233
Publication Date: August 29, 2006
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Get up to speed on nanotechnology and the many biological, chemical, physical, environmental, and political aspects of this developing science.
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 The Shape of Things to Come August 23, 2009
Eric Mayforth (Houston, Texas)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Nanotechnology promises to bring vast improvements in technology and standard of living in the next generation, and "Nanotechnology Demystified" is a good way for the general reader to get up to speed on this exciting new field. The author explains the basic scientific concepts behind nanotechnology, and then describes the expected advances that nanotechnology will make possible in areas such as health care, energy, computing, communications, electronics, and more. This is a book that will make the reader excited about the future.
Very informative for a beginner! February 1, 2008
kclam (Hong Kong, China)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It is exciting to learn about the nanoscale world and nanotechnology's influence on pharmaceuticals, biomedical applications, energy, communications, engineering and the environment. The most amazing stuff are 'nanomedicine' and 'quantum computing & communications'. For your information, nanomedicine describes the medical field of targeting disease or repairing damaged tissues at the molecular level. Quantum computers will be able to process and store huge amounts of information. Quantum processing can operate millions, even billions of times faster than today's supercomputers!
Nanotechnology Demystified March 7, 2009
Sree (Binghamton, NY,USA)
Nanotechnology forms the basis of many evolving and upcoming technologies. This is an easy way to have a closer look at the technology without going through all the technical hassles. I was now able to broadly define nanotechnology and recommend it to all people with a curious outlook towards technology. A great buy for its content.
 not bad technically, but style was annoying March 4, 2007
Eric Cohen (Chicago)
10 out of 15 found this review helpful
I thought the book was not bad techniclly, albeit written at fairly low level, which I suppose it the focus of the book. However, the authors tried to be "cute" and "dumbed" down the writing, which I found annoying. For example, each chapter ended with a short quiz of 10-15 questions. Without fail, at least 1-2 questions had one absurd and stupid multiple choice answer. For example, Chapt 2, question 9 asks "a nanometer is equal to...?," and choice (a) is "zillionth of a meter." Pretty stupid-right? Chapter 3, question 4 asks "nanotechnology allows material to be created from...?," and choice (c) is "dust bunnies." Even more stupid. Chapt 4, question 6 asks "which of the following tools are not used by nanotechnologists in their work" and choice (d) is "a can opener." OK, now it's getting annoying. This continues through out the entire book, with each chapter having at least one such stupid choice. I don't know if the authors were trying to be funny, amusing, or inject some levity, but I think it had the effect of "dumbing-down the book." I found it rather annoying. It really wasn't the most scholarly work, but if you know absolutely nothing about nanotechnology, and wish to know at least the basic terminology, I suppose it's worth reading.
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