Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology
K. Eric Drexler’s book of 1986, read in the Foresight Institute’s web edition as captured in 1997; chapter 5 discusses thinking machines and chapter 11 trustworthy systems.
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- Engines of Creation, chapter 11: Engines of Destruction (web edition) Foresight Institute (web edition of Engines of Creation) · published 1986 · Web edition page as captured by the Internet Archive on 1997-07-09 (timestamp 19970709112434); it carries the notice "Copyright 1986, K. Eric Drexler". Retrieved 2026-10-06.Archived copy, captured 1997-07-09: Engines of Creation, chapter 11: Engines of Destruction (web edition). An archive copy shows only what the archive retrieved on 1997-07-09. It does not prove what the page said earlier, and it can differ from the copy checked on 2026-10-06.
- Engines of Creation, chapter 5: Thinking Machines (web edition) Foresight Institute (web edition of Engines of Creation) · published 1986 · Web edition page as captured by the Internet Archive on 1997-07-09 (timestamp 19970709112142); it carries the notice "Copyright 1986, K. Eric Drexler". Retrieved 2026-10-06.Archived copy, captured 1997-07-09: Engines of Creation, chapter 5: Thinking Machines (web edition). An archive copy shows only what the archive retrieved on 1997-07-09. It does not prove what the page said earlier, and it can differ from the copy checked on 2026-10-06.
- Engines of Creation, notes and references (web edition) Foresight Institute (web edition of Engines of Creation) · published 1986 · Web edition page as captured by the Internet Archive on 1997-07-09 (timestamp 19970709104746); it carries the notice "Copyright 1986, K. Eric Drexler". Retrieved 2026-10-06.Archived copy, captured 1997-07-09: Engines of Creation, notes and references (web edition). An archive copy shows only what the archive retrieved on 1997-07-09. It does not prove what the page said earlier, and it can differ from the copy checked on 2026-10-06.
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