K. Eric Drexler
Kim Eric Drexler (born April 25, 1955) is an American engineer best known for introducing molecular nanotechnology (MNT), and his studies of its potential from the 1970s and 1980s. His 1991 doctoral thesis at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was revised and published as the book Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery Manufacturing and Computation (1992), which received the Association of American Publishers award for Best Computer Science Book of 1992. He has been called the "godfather of nanotechnology".
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Eric Drexler in 2013 | |
| Born | April 25, 1955 Alameda, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, MS, PhD) |
| Known for | Foresight Institute |
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| Fields | Engineering, molecular nanotechnology |
| Thesis | Molecular Machinery and Manufacturing With Applications to Computation (1991) |
| Doctoral advisor | Marvin Minsky |
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