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# Radical Abundance: How a Revolution in Nanotechnology Will Change Civilization

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Review: This is an important work that redefines nanotechnology back to the original meaning conceived by Drexler - In Radical Abundance Drexler offers an approach to the specification of a roadmap for the achievement of atomically precise manufacturing (APM). Key to the specification of a roadmap are intellectual tools to distinguish between science and engineering as well as types of engineering - exploratory engineering, systems engineering, etc. he points out that engineering approaches have not been applied to the nanotechnology field so a roadmap cannot emerge. On one level the book is an argument for the development of an APM roadmap and how this can be accomplished. Drexler outlines the historical evolution of nanotechnology from the coining of the term in his first book Engines of Creation published in 1986 to the subsequent confusion of the definition of nanotechnology through the politics of funding the multibillion dollar National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). Initially, NNI was funded to address atomically precise manufacturing, but by 2004 all reference to atomically precise manufacturing (APM) was removed from the NNI strategic plan and replaced instead by a concentration on phenomena at the nanoscale. Drexler argues pursuasively that this misdirection of NNI cost the US and the countries that followed the US lead considerable progress through a misallocation of large research funding. Merely concentrating on the size of phenomena offers no tools for exploratory engineering to define how to actually build things atom by atom with atomic precision as is done through the biological processes pointed to by Drexler. Drexler also points to the considerable progress that his been made towards APM and draws conclusions that the nanotechnology revolution is getting underway and that nanotechnology will effect disruptive change in production of most products. This will create great opportunity, but will also create disruptive change globally. This book is a must read for those already involved in nanottechnology - the entrepreneurs, scientists and venture capitals investing their time and resources to make a new world possible. The book is also important for decision makers at all levels in government, industry and education and research. APM is not a fantasy. APM is possible and APM will transform the world. What must be initiated now to get ready?
Review: nanotechnology from the founder of the field - Here is how I know a book on nanotechnology is a good one: I am a devoted nanotechnology freak. So... I was expecting something all stars and stripes, very kurzweilian and optimistic. All I got was real. Tempered and realistic. In real time with no unrealistic dreams. That sounded like real science. Facts and no fanfare. This book is what you need to know for where things are nanotechnologically today. And... where they are likely to be in the near future. Enough said.

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is an important work that redefines nanotechnology back to the original meaning conceived by Drexler
*by V***S on June 1, 2013*

In Radical Abundance Drexler offers an approach to the specification of a roadmap for the achievement of atomically precise manufacturing (APM). Key to the specification of a roadmap are intellectual tools to distinguish between science and engineering as well as types of engineering - exploratory engineering, systems engineering, etc. he points out that engineering approaches have not been applied to the nanotechnology field so a roadmap cannot emerge. On one level the book is an argument for the development of an APM roadmap and how this can be accomplished. Drexler outlines the historical evolution of nanotechnology from the coining of the term in his first book Engines of Creation published in 1986 to the subsequent confusion of the definition of nanotechnology through the politics of funding the multibillion dollar National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). Initially, NNI was funded to address atomically precise manufacturing, but by 2004 all reference to atomically precise manufacturing (APM) was removed from the NNI strategic plan and replaced instead by a concentration on phenomena at the nanoscale. Drexler argues pursuasively that this misdirection of NNI cost the US and the countries that followed the US lead considerable progress through a misallocation of large research funding. Merely concentrating on the size of phenomena offers no tools for exploratory engineering to define how to actually build things atom by atom with atomic precision as is done through the biological processes pointed to by Drexler. Drexler also points to the considerable progress that his been made towards APM and draws conclusions that the nanotechnology revolution is getting underway and that nanotechnology will effect disruptive change in production of most products. This will create great opportunity, but will also create disruptive change globally. This book is a must read for those already involved in nanottechnology - the entrepreneurs, scientists and venture capitals investing their time and resources to make a new world possible. The book is also important for decision makers at all levels in government, industry and education and research. APM is not a fantasy. APM is possible and APM will transform the world. What must be initiated now to get ready?

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ nanotechnology from the founder of the field
*by S***N on October 3, 2013*

Here is how I know a book on nanotechnology is a good one: I am a devoted nanotechnology freak. So... I was expecting something all stars and stripes, very kurzweilian and optimistic. All I got was real. Tempered and realistic. In real time with no unrealistic dreams. That sounded like real science. Facts and no fanfare. This book is what you need to know for where things are nanotechnologically today. And... where they are likely to be in the near future. Enough said.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A great read for those open to future ideas
*by K***Y on September 19, 2024*

Probably the most approachable of Drexler's books for the non-technical. Drexler has a profound grasp of the potential of nanotechnology and ATM (atomically precise manufacturing), and its influence on society. Few see what is coming. I share his opinion that our short-term focus on incremental and perhaps merely symbolic treatments of climate issues, toxic waste management, efficient energy production, and diminishing resources has distracted us from real progress in ATM that could nullify all these problems. The other impact he discusses is the impact of ATM’s influence on a society where scarcity has become a soon-forgotten thing of the past. Always clear and discerning, and often clever in his delivery, I found Drexler’s writing a bit uneven and repetitive, but his many insights are gems. Unfortunately, his transcendent vision may be too creative for hidebound politicians preferring feel-good over effective. A great read for those open to future ideas.

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