Drexler, K. Eric

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Name (Latin)
Drexler, K. Eric
Other forms of name
Drexler, Eric
Date of birth
1955-04-25
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
High technology
Nanotechnology
Occupation
Scholars
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 64078699
Wikidata: Q380511
Library of congress: n 85231433
HAI10: 000090779
Old Aleph NLI id: 2226
Sources of Information
  • His Engines of creation, 1986:
  • His Nanosystems, c1992:
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Wikipedia description:

Kim Eric Drexler (born April 25, 1955) is an American engineer best known for introducing molecular nanotechnology (MNT), and his studies of its potential from the 1970s and 1980s. His 1991 doctoral thesis at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was revised and published as the book Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery Manufacturing and Computation (1992), which received the Association of American Publishers award for Best Computer Science Book of 1992. He has been called the "godfather of nanotechnology".

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