There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom
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There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom is the title of a 1959 lecture and essay by Richard Feynman, exploring the possibilities of synthetic chemistry's extension into atomic-scale machinery. Collected in books such as 1961's Miniaturization and republished in popular magazines, it is considered pivotal in the early definition and popularization of nanotechnology.
Topics and development[править]
Nanoscale manipulators, Waldo by Robert Heinlein
Challenges[править]
In the initial lecture to the American Physical Society at Caltech, Feynman issued two challenges, with a $1,000 prize each:
Miniaturized motor[править]
William McLellan, 1960
Miniaturized text[править]
Tom Newman, 1985
External Links[править]
- There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom (PDF)
- Richard Feynman "Tiny Machines" Nanotechnology Lecture - aka "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" on Youtube
- There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom on Wikipedia