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Condition
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A book with obvious wear. May have some damage to the book cover but the book is still completely intact. The binding may be slightly damaged around the edges but it is still completely intact. May have some underlining and highlighting of text and some writing in the margins, but there are no missing pages or anything else that would compromise the readability or legibility of the text. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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“Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ...
Binding
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Weight
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Product Group
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IsTextBook
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ISBN
9780465044290
Book Title
Hacking Matter : Levitating Chairs, Quantum Mirages, and the Infinite Weirdness of Programmable Atoms
Publisher
Basic Books
Item Length
8 in
Publication Year
2004
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.5 in
Author
Wil Mccarthy
Genre
Technology & Engineering
Topic
General
Item Weight
9.6 Oz
Item Width
5.5 in
Number of Pages
240 Pages

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Programmable matter is probably not the next technological revolution, nor even perhaps the one after that. But it's coming, and when it does, it will change our lives as much as any invention ever has. Imagine being able to program matter itself-to change it, with the click of a cursor, from hard to soft, from paper to stone, from fluorescent to super-reflective to invisible. Supported by companies ranging from Levi Strauss to IBM and the Defense Department, solid-state physicists in laboratories at MIT, Harvard, Sun Microsystems, and elsewhere are currently creating arrays of microscopic devices called "quantum dots" that are capable of acting like programmable atoms. They can be configured electronically to replicate the properties of any known atom and then can be changed, as fast as an electrical signal can travel, to have the properties of a different atom. Soon it will be possible not only to engineer into solid matter such unnatural properties as variable magnetism, programmable flavors, or centuple bonds far stronger than diamond, but also to change these properties at will. Wil McCarthy visits the laboratories and talks with the researchers who are developing this extraordinary technology; describes how they are learning to control its electronic, optical, thermal, magnetic, and mechanical properties; and tells us where all this will lead. The possibilities are truly magical.

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Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN-10
0465044298
ISBN-13
9780465044290
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30202860

Product Key Features

Book Title
Hacking Matter : Levitating Chairs, Quantum Mirages, and the Infinite Weirdness of Programmable Atoms
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Topic
General
Genre
Technology & Engineering
Author
Wil Mccarthy
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
9.6 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

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Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
620.5/0112

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