Nanotechnology:
K. Eric Drexler (1986). Engines of Creation:
The Coming Era of Nanotechnology. Anchor Books.
Chapter 1
Available at:
http://www.foresight.org/EOC/EOC%5FChapter%5F1.html
Richard P. Feynman (1959). Plenty of room at the bottom. Talk given at
American Physical Society meeting at Caltech.
Available at:
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~feynman/plenty.html
Bill Joy (2000). Why the future doesn't need us. Wired, April 2000.
Available at:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.04/joy.html
Ray Kurzweil (2005). The Singularity Is Near : When Humans
Transcend Biology (Viking, New York). Briefer summary of his ideas:
Available at:
http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0556.html
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