There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom - lecture by Richard P. Feynman

There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom - lecture by Richard P. Feynman
"I would like to describe a field, in which little has been done, but in which an enormous amount can be done in principle. This field is not quite the same as the others in that it will not tell us much of fundamental physics (in the sense of, ``What are the strange particles?'') but it is more like solid-state physics in the sense that it might tell us much of great interest about the strange phenomena that occur in complex situations. Furthermore, a point that is most important is that it would have an enormous number of technical applications.What I want to talk about is the problem of manipulating and controlling things on a small scale......." Read the complete talk on "There's Plenty of Room at the BottomAn Invitation to Enter a New Field of Physics" - A classical talk deliverd by Richard P. Feynman which led to the development of nanotechnology.
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