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010			_a 2002021992
020			_a1573929921 (alk. paper)
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050	0	0	_aT174.7 _b.M85 2002
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100	1		_aMulhall, Douglas.
245	1	0	_aOur molecular future : _bhow nanotechnology, robotics, genetics, and artificial intelligence will transform our world / _cDouglas Mulhall.
260			_aAmherst, N.Y. : _bPrometheus Books, _c2002.
300			_a392 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: PART 1. THE MOLECULAR AGE -- Chapter 1. Singularity 27 -- Chapter 2. Molecular Building Blocks 30 -- Chapter 3. What Comes First and What Does It Mean for Each of Us? 52 -- Chapter 4. What Comes Next? -- Megatrends That Could Alter Our Lives 81 -- Chapter 5. The Nanoecology Revolution 113 -- Chapter 6. Reviving Tropical Islands 120 -- Chapter 7. Who's Driving the Molecular Machine? 124 -- PART 2. NATURE'S TIME BOMBS -- Chapter 8. Are We Getting More or Less Vulnerable? 143 -- Chapter 9. Shaking Up Tokyo and the Globalized Economy 150 -- Chapter 10. So, You're Bored by Doomsday? 156 -- Chapter 11. An Elephant in the Room of Environmentalism 174 -- Chapter 12. Lost Messages from Ancient Times 180 -- PART 3. BLUEPRINTS FOR A -- MOLECULAR DEFENSE -- Chapter 13. Why Go There? 189 -- Chapter 14. Tools for Defusing Time Bombs 191 -- Chapter 15. Lessons from Tokyo-Learning to Predict the Big One 217 -- Chapter 16. The Long Valley Caldera Defense-Avoiding a Dark Age 221 -- Chapter 17. How to Avert Armageddon-Have an Asteroid for Lunch 226 -- PART 4. GETTING FROM HERE TO THERE -- Chapter 18. The Right Questions 233 -- Chapter 19. Overcoming Cultural Amnesia 255 -- Chapter 20. Bypassing the Road to Hell 263 -- Chapter 21. Using Open Source 282 -- Chapter 22. Redesigning Democracy for Artificial Intelligence 286 -- Chapter 23. Liberating Each One of Us 293.
650		0	_aNanotechnology.
650		0	_aMolecular machinery.
650		0	_aRobotics.
650		0	_aGenetics.
650		0	_aArtificial intelligence.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy031/2002021992.html
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