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» Amazon.com Books: Nanotechnology
   Lists books for sale on the topic of the Nanotechnology. Includes descriptions of individual books, reviews and purchase information.
   http://www.amazon.com/s/url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Nanotechnology&Go.x=13&Go.y=12

» 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/chemistry/organic/book/978-3-540-67460-3

» 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

» Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology
   Description, picture, links. [Anchor]
   http://www.randomhouse.com/anchor/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0385199732

» Future Trends in Microelectronics: The Nano Millennium
   Edited by Serge Luryi, Jimmy Xu, Alex Zaslavsky; John Wiley and 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

» 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

» 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 and Sons]
   http://www.wiley.com/cda/product/0,,0471007331,00.html

» Introduction to Nanotechnology
   By Charles P. Poole, Jr., Frank J. Owens; John Wiley and 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

» 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

» 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/physics/biophysics/book/978-0-387-98988-4

» Nano-Society - Pushing the Boundaries of Technology
   This book puts a spotlight on some of the scientists who are pushing the boundaries of technology and it gives examples of their work and how they are advancing knowledge one little step at a time. The book shatters the monolithic term "nanotechnology" in
   http://www.rsc.org/shop/books/2009/9781847558831.asp

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

» 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

» 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/

» Nanosystems Book Review
   By Chris Worth. K. Eric Drexler's textbook reviewed, followed by much interesting, lively debate. [Slashdot]
   http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/10/28/1133200

» Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation
   By K. Eric Drexler; John Wiley and 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

» Nanotechnology in Water Treatment Applications
   Reviews the current state-of-the-art research and development of different nanomaterials (nanostructured catalytic membranes, nanosorbents, nanocatalysts and bioactive nanoparticles) and their application in water treatment, purification and disinfection.
   http://www.horizonpress.com/nanotechnology

» 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/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0131014005&redir=1&rl=1

» 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: 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

» 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

» 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/

» 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

» Porous III-V Semiconductors
   Online book covering the fabrication and optical characterization of porous semiconductor structures using electrochemical etching as a nanostructuring technique.
   http://www.porous-35.com

» 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

» Semiconductors for Micro- and Nanotechnology: An Introduction for Engineers
   By Jan G. Korvink, Andreas Greiner; John Wiley and 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

» 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/

» 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/

» The Investor's Guide to Nanotechnology & Micromachines
   By Glenn Fishbine; John Wiley and 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 and Sons]
   http://www.wiley.com/cda/product/0,,0471443557,00.html

» 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

» Thicker Than Blood
   A science fiction thriller set in the near future. It is about the introduction of nanotechnology into contemporary American society.
   http://www.thickerthanbloodthebook.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.
   http://www.foresight.org/UTF/Unbound_LBW/