Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology

[mhb]

http://e-drexler.com/p/06/00/EOC_Cover.html

[mixmax]

This is one of the few books that really changed how I think about the world in a big way. If you haven't read it do so.

[billswift]

Despite it's age (1986, I haven't seen the newer edition and don't know how it may have been changed) this is still the best general discussion of nanotech I have seen. Broderick's "The Spike" from 2001 is more generally singularitarian but with a lot of discussion of nanotech and is more readable than Drexler. More technical works are Drexler's "Nanosystems" from the 1990s and "Kinematic Self-Replicating Machines" which is online here - http://www.molecularassembler.com/KSRM.htm

[MikeCapone]

I read this book last year. Even after more than two decades, it's still a must read. Highly recommended.

[MikeCapone → MikeCapone]

I also recommend checking out Eric Drexler's blog:

http://metamodern.com/