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K. Eric Drexler

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American nanotechnologist

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K. Eric Drexler
Chemistry
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Nanotechnology
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Physics
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#433
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Astrophysics
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#639
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#163
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According to Wikipedia, Kim Eric Drexler is an American engineer best known for introducing molecular nanotechnology , and his studies of its potential from the 1970s and 1980s. His 1991 doctoral thesis at Massachusetts Institute of Technology was revised and published as the book Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery Manufacturing and Computation , 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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