In 1959, Richard Feynman gave a now celebrated talk on miniaturization, a talk that would presage the field of nanotechnology. In his talk, he mentions that it should be possible to print, for example, the entire 24 volume Encyclopedia Britannica on the head of a pin since the smallest element, a single dot, would still be about 1000 atoms.
There is plenty of room at the quantum bottom
There is plenty of room at the quantum bottom
There is plenty of room at the quantum bottom
In 1959, Richard Feynman gave a now celebrated talk on miniaturization, a talk that would presage the field of nanotechnology. In his talk, he mentions that it should be possible to print, for example, the entire 24 volume Encyclopedia Britannica on the head of a pin since the smallest element, a single dot, would still be about 1000 atoms.