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Soft machines

Richard A. L. Jones

2004229 pagesabout 3–5 hours
2004
first published
  • 2004Oxford University Press · 229 pages · ENGISBN 9780198528555
  • 2007Oxford University Press, USA · 238 pages · ENGISBN 9780199226627

Enthusiasts look forward to a time when tiny machines reassemble matter and process information but is their vision realistic? 'Soft Machines' explains why the nanoworld is so different to the macro-world that we are all familar with and shows how it has more in common with biology than conventional engineering.

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