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K. Eric Drexler
Also known as Eric Drexler, Kim Eric Drexler
American engineer (born 1955)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1955
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Unbounding the future
- Radical Abundance
- Radical abundance
- Nanosystems
- Engines of creation
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1945-03-30
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Discography
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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".
Life and work