The Dance of Molecules : How Nanotechnology Is Changing Our Lives
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (898 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0670063789 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 203 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Explore the fascinating world of nanotechnology J. Wisdom Dance of the Molecules is an engaging and informative look at some of the more recent advances in nanotechnology and its real-world applications. The book is divided into three approximately equal sections: medicine, the environment, and communications. In the first section, Sargent examines the use of nanotechnology in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. For example, scientists have been able to create microscopic beacons which attach themselves specifically to cancer cells, enabling earlier detection of certain kinds of cancer. Similarly, researchers have discovered ways to create a synthetic sca. Disappointing "Airplane View" of Nanotech The author is an accomplished young scientist, who I believe was trying a little too hard to write an "accessible" book. The result is a high-level treatment of an admittedly complex topic, but one which doesn't carry the impact that his professional credentials could have delivered.Much of the content of this book has already been published here and there in Journal articles and other websites -- I didn't read anything very new, in fact. At some point nanotechnology books will progress past the "Imagine if you could write THE WHOLE ENCYCLOPEDIA on the head of a pin!" scenario that Richard Feynman prese. "Too Many Metaphors" according to B. S. Kimerer. This book was a frustrating read. The topic is interesting even though technically challenging. In his attempt to make the subject accessible to the general public, the author used metaphors to an extreme throughout the book. As soon as he got close to revealing some interesting techical information about nanotechnology, he would appear to assume that his reader was too slow to grasp the real concepts and segue into a metaphor about stacked egg cartons or air traffic routes.The metaphors do provide a simplistic visual similarity to the structures he is talking about, but I found them to be useless in tr
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