Gross, Michael,  1963-  <br/><br/>
Travels to the nanoworld :  miniature machinery in nature and technology / 
Michael Gross ; translated from the German by Michael Gross. 
 - New York ; London :  Plenum,  1999. 
 - xiii, 254 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm +  hbk 
<br/><br/> Originally published: Basel, Switzerland : Birkhauser Pub., 1995. 
<br/><br/>Bibliography: p. 237-48. - Includes index. 
<br/><br/>I. Introduction -- Welcome to the nanoworld -- II. The role model:  the living cell as a nanotechnological factory -- Proteins the cell's nanomachines -- From genes to proteins -- Amazing cells -- III. Toward the nanoworld:  biology, chemistry and physics pave the way for nanotechnology -- From molecules to supramolecules -- From quantum dots to micromachines -- Biotechnology -- IV. A big future for tiny machines? -- Which ingredients are needed for a technological revolution? -- Visions of the future -- Nanotechnology present versus future. 
<br/><br/><br/>Translation of: Expoditionen in den nanokosmos. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0306460084 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Microelectromechanical systems.<br/>Nanotechnology.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>620.5