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OA nanotech vs popsci nanotech
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The Diamond Age has the best treatment of it that I've seen. Neal Stephenson isn't STEM-illiterate and actually read Nanosystems before he wrote it. He does use the rod-logic nanomechanical computers, which were really only meant to be proof of concept, not anywhere near ideal, but this works stylistically because of other conceits in the novel.

It's a damn-good read, hilarious and heart-breaking.
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OA nanotech vs popsci nanotech - by Alphadon - 06-20-2017, 10:08 PM
RE: OA nanotech vs popsci nanotech - by Rynn - 06-21-2017, 06:23 AM
RE: OA nanotech vs popsci nanotech - by JohnnyYesterday - 06-21-2017, 02:28 PM
RE: OA nanotech vs popsci nanotech - by Rynn - 06-21-2017, 05:32 PM

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