Books on Nanotechnology?

Dixie_Flatline asks: "Does anyone have any suggestions for reasonable books on Nanotechnology? With all the articles posted recently, my interest has been piqued. I'm not a biologist or an engineer, so I don't want anything that requires long nights studying to understand. I'm just a programmer with an interest in knowing how research has progressed, and interesting points about the subject."

Drexler: "Engines of Creation"

[Wiktor Kochanowski]

The classical text is Eric Drexler's "Engines of Creation", it has a followup work too the title of which evades me at the moment.

For a fictional perspective try "Diamond Age" by Neal Stephenson and "Aristoi" by Walter Jon Williams.

Nanotech-- sci-fi book for you

[oikaze]

Nanotech, edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois, published by Ace Books, 1998. It's not a technical read, but it's a fabulous collection of sci-fi short stories re:nanotech. -oikaze

Great Book, has an intro to nano, among others...

[dav]

Great Mambo Chicken and the Transhuman Condition: Science Slightly Over the Edge Oh god, this is such a great bizarre book. Nano, L7 society, Evil Knievel....