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Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology
By K. Eric Drexler; Anchor Books, 1986, ISBN 0385199732. With a Foreword by Marvin Minsky, this is the first and still the classic book on nanotechnology. [Foresight Institute, Online]
http://www.foresight.org/EOC/
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/
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/
Nanotech Book Reviews
Steve Lenhert reviews his two favorite nanotech books, Travels to the Nanoworld and Nanotechnology.
http://nanotech.about.com/science/nanotech/library/weekly/aa111200a.htm
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/
The Forge of Mars
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0441009549
Nanotechnology: A Gentle Introduction to the Next Big Idea
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131014005
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.asp?maintarget=bookscat%2Fsearch%2Fresults%2Easp&country=United+States&ref=&mscssid=16FC7DP1688C9HULWCASG3C6PLBQ6158
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 website]
http://www.springer-ny.com/detail.tpl?isbn=0387989889
Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology
Description, picture, links. [Anchor]
http://www.randomhouse.com/anchor/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0385199732
Nano- and Microelectromechanical Systems: Fundamentals of Nano- and Microengineering
By Sergey Edward Lyshevski; CRC Press, 2000, ISBN 0849309166. Text for one semester course, needs calculus, electromagnetics, physics. Builds theory foundation to develop, analyze, prototype NEMS, MEMS. [CRC Press]
http://www.crcpress.com/shopping_cart/products/product_detail.asp?sku=0916
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/products/product_detail.asp?sku=1262
MEMS and NEMS: Systems, Devices, and Structures
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0849312620
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/products/product_detail.asp?sku=1200
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/1573929921
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?product_id={FA3FB251-D14C-4BC0-8B95-95829E13A468}&session_id={2EE4E025-3F44-4D9B-AD00-EC7F4E18261B}
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=99/10/28/1133200
Travels to the Nanoworld: Miniature Machinery in Nature and Technology
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0306460084
Nano- and Microelectromechanical Systems: Fundamentals of Nano- and Microengineering
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0849309166
The Investor's Guide to Nanotechnology & Micromachines
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471443557
Nanotechnology: Research and Perspectives
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0262031957
Nanotechnology: Molecular Speculations on Global Abundance
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0262531372
Handbook of Nanoscience, Engineering, and Technology
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0849312000
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/products/product_detail.asp?sku=1183
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/95/0316738581/
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/47/0446679569/
Understanding Nanotechnology
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446679569
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,,0471443557,00.html
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,,0471079359,00.html
Introduction to Nanotechnology
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471079359
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/9812380736
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,,0471309141,00.html
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,,0471575186,00.html
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,,0471007331,00.html
Integrated Chemical Systems: A Chemical Approach to Nanotechnology
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471007331
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,,3527298045,00.html
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,,3527302573,00.html
Semiconductors for Micro- and Nanotechnology: An Introduction for Engineers
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/3527302573
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,,3527295208,00.html
Electrochemical Nanotechnology: In Situ Local Probe Techniques at Electrochemical Interfaces
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/3527295208
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,,0471212474,00.html
Future Trends in Microelectronics: The Nano Millennium
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471212474
Nanotechnology
Edited by Gregory Timp; Springer-Verlag, 1999, ISBN 0387983341. Undergraduate level survey of machinery and science of nanometer scale, many images, 22 authors of many disciplines. [Springer-Verlag NY]
http://www.springer-ny.com/detail.tpl?ISBN=0387983341
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-ny.com/detail.tpl?ISBN=3540674608
Nanoelectromechanics in Engineering and Biology
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0849311837
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/products/product_detail.asp?sku=C3391
Nanotechnology: Basic Science and Emerging Technologies
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1584883391
Designing the Molecular World
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0691029008
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
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/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=8128
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/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=5039
Nano: The Emerging Science of Nanotechnology
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316738522
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/book.asp?id_product=1002002034
Femtochemistry and Femtobiology: Ultrafast Dynamics in Molecular Science
Edited by Abderrazzak Douhal, Jesus Santamaria; Imperial College Press, 2002, ISBN 9810248660. Reviews, papers on ultrafast dynamics in molecular science, from top international scientists. [publisher website]
http://www.icpress.co.uk/books/chemistry/4892.html
Nanoscience: Friction and Rheology on the Nanometer Scale
Information, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9812380620
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/nanosci/4934.html
Quantum Dots
Information, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9810249187
Physical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes
Description, information, contents, sample chapters. [World Scientific Publishing]
http://www.worldscientific.com/books/nanosci/p080.html
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/nanosci/4825.html
Microelectronics, Microsystems and Nanotechnology
Information, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9810247699
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/nanosci/5292.html
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/p080.html
Physical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1860942237
Femtochemistry and Femtobiology: Ultrafast Dynamics in Molecular Science
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9810248660
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
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/046504428X
Hacking Matter: The New Science Of Programmable Atoms
Brief description, link to related science books. [Basic/Perseus Books]
http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/perseus-cgi-bin/display/0-465-04428-X
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/nanosci/5026.html
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/nanosci/3026.html
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/908044961X
Nanomedicine, Volume 1: Basic Capabilities
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/157059645X
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/0688125735
Prospects in Nanotechnology: Toward Molecular Manufacturing
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471309141
Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385199732
Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471575186
Key Technologies for the 21st Century: Scientific American: A Special Issue
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0716729482
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/0792362209
Nanotechnology
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0387983341
The First Immortal
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345420926
The First Immortal
By James L. Halperin; Del Rey, Random House, 1998, ISBN 0345420926. Fictionally explores nanotechnology's impact on the human future, special focus on cryonics, life extension. Has author forum, news, information, opinion poll. [Random House]
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/firstimmortal/
Handbook of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0125137605
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/0964628201
Molecular Engineering of Nanosystems
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0387989889
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/0127444513
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/
Nanocosm: Nanotechnology and the Big Changes Coming from the Inconceivably Small
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0814471811
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?main=/articles/art0583.html
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/0814471811.htm
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/1400046890
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/display.pperl?isbn=1400046890
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