steven0461 comments on FAI FAQ draft: What is nanotechnology? - Less Wrong

0 Post author: lukeprog 22 November 2011 10:13PM

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Comment author: steven0461 23 November 2011 08:17:14PM *  1 point [-]

I think it's in Chapter 12 of Drexler's Nanosystems, which may be worth citing regardless. ETA: or to read about it online, Chapter 11 of his MIT dissertation linked at the top.

Comment author: darius 25 November 2011 09:09:24AM 1 point [-]

Yes, that's where I got the figure (the printed book). The opening chapter lists a bunch of other figures of merit for other applications (strength of materials, power density, etc.)