TY - BOOK AU - Atkinson,William Illsey TI - Nanocosm: nanotechnology and the big changes comming from the inconceivably small SN - 0814472774 (pbk) U1 - 620.5 PY - 2005///c CY - New Delhi PB - Amacom KW - Nanotechnology N1 - Index included; Nanoworld 2015 -- Nanoscience : trends in world research -- Nanotechnology : trends in world development -- Nanofornia -- Quantum weirdness -- Seeing things -- Wet nanotech -- Fullerenes, buckyballs, and hundred-mile elevators -- Shirotae -- Nano-pitfalls N2 - "In Nanocosm, Atkinson takes readers into the incredibly complex, yet equally beautiful world of nanotechnology. Atkinson distinguishes hype and speculation from the amazing reality of what truly is possible through nanotechnology in our very immediate future: cell-sized computers triggered by single electrons rather than millions ... microchips that contain the diagnostic capability of full-sized medical labs ER -