Nanoconvergence: The Unity of Nanoscience, Biotechnology, Information Technology and Cognitive Science

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Contents
Preface
About the Author
Chapter 1 Convergence at the Nanoscale
	The Meaning of “Nano”
	Nanotechnology and Scientific Progress
		Technological Convergence
		Application Areas
		Radical Transformations
	The Plan of This Book
	References
Chapter 2 Visions and Illusions
	Imagination and Impossibility
		Birds Can’t Fly to the Moon
		Cold Facts
	Science Fiction
	Drexler’s Vision
	Alchemy at the Nanoscale
	Nanopanic
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 3 Information Technology
	Moore’s Law
	Sensors
	Quantum Computing
	The Information Technology Research Initiative
	Grand Information Technology Challenges
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 4 Biotechnology
	Nanotechnology from the Perspective of Biology
	Nano-Bio Convergence
	The Problem of Cancer
	Paths to Nano-Bio Innovation
	Agriculture and the Environment
	Evolutionary Methods: Computing and Culture
	Improving Human Performance
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 5 Cognitive Technology
	The Two Faces of Cognitive Science
	Cognitive Convergence
	The Prehistory of Cognitive Technologies
	Neurotechnology
	The Communicator
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 6 Unification of Science
	Creating Convergers
	Eight Principles for Convergence
		Conservation
		Indecision
		Configuration
		Interaction
		Variation
		Evolution
		Information
		Cognition
	Ethical Principles
	Social Relations
	Behavioral Social Science
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 7 Unity in Diversity
	Critics of Convergence
	Looking Forward
		Family and Reproduction
		Culture and Personality
		Societal Institutions
		Science, Health, and Environment
	How Will the World Be Governed?
	A New Science of Services
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 8 The Final Frontier
	The Giant Leap
	The Realities of Interplanetary Travel
	The Solar System
	Personality Transfer
	What Is to Be Done?
	Conclusion
	References
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