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The must-read summary of Jack Uldrich and Deb Newberry's book: "The Next Big Thing Is Really Small: Nanotechnology and the Future of Big Business".
This complete summary of the ideas from Jack Uldrich and Deb Newberry's book "The Next Big Thing Is Really Small" explains that nanotechnology is the manipulation of matter at the atomic level to create better materials, devices and systems, and is set to be the next big thing. In their book, the authors demonstrate that it will soon hit the marketplace, which is why everyone needs to understand what it is all about. Within the next few years, it will be introducing impressive new materials that will impact directly on a large number of industries. This summary is a must-read for anyone who wants to learn about the developments of nanotechnology and what this means for the future.
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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014
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Summary of The Next Big ThingIs Really Small (Jack Uldrichand Deb Newberry)
Book Presentation:The Next Big Thing Is Really Smallby Jack Uldrich and Deb Newberry
Book Abstract
MAIN IDEA
Nanotechnology is the manipulation of matter at the atomic level to create better materials, devices and systems. Within the next few years and into the foreseeable future, nanotechnology will be introducing impressive new materials that will impact directly on a large number of industries – manufacturing, health care, energy, agriculture, communication, transportation and electronics. By 2010, the market for nanotechnology products and services will reach $1 trillion and will create 800,000 - 2 million new jobs.
In other words, the arrival and commercialization of nanotechnology products will impact every business and dramatically alter the general business climate. It is the next big thing which will hit the marketplace, and therefore, everyone needs to understand what nanotechnology is all about.
“The impact of nanotechnology on the health, wealth and lives of people will be at least the equivalent of the combined influences of microelectronics, medical imaging, computer-aided engineering and man-made polymers in the twentieth century.”
– Richard Smalley, winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
“Because of nanotechnology, we will see more change in our civilization in the next thirty years than we did during all of the twentieth century.”
– Mike Rocco, senior adviser for nanotechnology at the National Science Foundation
About the Author
JACK ULDRICH is president of The NanoVeritas Group, a consulting firm specializing in nanotechnology business opportunities. He was previously deputy director of the Office of Strategic and Long Range Planning for the state of Minnesota and a policy analyst for the Department of Defense.
DEB NEWBERRY is a business consultant and nuclear physicist. She has written a number of technical papers on nanotechnology. Ms. Newberry has also served in leadership positions with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Aerospace Industries Association.
Important Note About This Ebook
This is a summary and not a critique or a review of the book. It does not offer judgment or opinion on the content of the book. This summary may not be organized chapter-wise but is an overview of the main ideas, viewpoints and arguments from the book as a whole. This means that the organization of this summary is not a representation of the book.
Summary of The Next Big ThingIs Really Small (Jack Uldrichand Deb Newberry)
1. What is nanotechnology?
A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter. At this level, it becomes possible to manipulate individual atoms and molecules to create materials and devices which have specified characteristics. The essence of nanotechnology is that new materials can be developed which will perform to exact specifications rather than being stuck with how naturally occurring materials perform.
Nanotechnology is the art and science of learning how to manipulate and rearrange materials at the atomic or molecular level. The term “nano” means one-billionth of something, or 10-9. A nanometer is 1/75,000th the width of a human hair. A DNA molecule is about 2.5 nanometers wide. The width of the period at the end of this sentence is approx. one million nanometers.
Nanotechnology is cross-disciplinary. It draws on aspects from chemistry, physics, engineering, biology, materials science and information sciences. Because of this, many scientists who have never worked with people outside their area of specialization are now collaborating with people from other fields. This is generating a tremendous cross-fertilization of ideas which has never occurred before, and it is leading to a merging of markets and products. Developments now being made in one field can have quite startling flow-on effects in another seemingly unrelated area. Nanotechnology is bringing about the convergence of a number of industries.
