dr. eric drexler. you're watching span 2. i go back and forth to different ones. 1861 about the year of the civil war. and over 1863 now. what is happening in gettysburg. commemorating the battle there. getting the sense of what is happening 18 of 1. and all of the scenes going on. there at the time. and it was happening around the country. as it pertain today the slavery and other issues obviously during that time as well. fast forwarding about a hundred years. firing rain. a great book about the break up of the beatles and about the emergence of james taylor. and musical standpoint. what is happening politically at the time. we had woodstock 69. and political unrest. penn state and was what was happening there at the time. remarkable book. read ago book as well. the executioner. it is a book about the diary of an executioner from the 16th century. and earlier part of the 17th century. a little bit gory but interesting all the same. and executioner diary in germany. nuremberg. during that time. and the book i a am almost don

dr. eric drexler who has written a book radical abundance how nanotechnology will change civilization dr. drexler what is nanotechnology? at the present it means a number of different things. the concept when i introduced it 1986 focused on small machines. able to do manufacturing operations starting with the moeblg/building blocks, with larger pieces and precise products on the term. manufacturing. and if you introduce this term. 19 will 86 why you are just writing about it in 2013? again? a lot happened in the last book that i wrote. based on the dissertation. and this book will be much more accessible. a lot has happened. and since the launch. and research programs around world. and up brel of nanotechnology. and idea and popular culture has gone off