Great Mambo Chicken and the Transhuman Condition

Great Mambo Chicken and the Transhuman Condition: Science Slightly over the Edge

Author	Ed Regis
Language	English
Genre	Science
Pages	320 pp
ISBN	0-201-09258-1

Great Mambo Chicken and the Transhuman Condition is a non-fiction book copyright 1990 by Ed Regis, an American author and educator, that presents a lighthearted look at scientific visionaries planning for a future with "post-biological" people, space colonization, nanotechnology, and cryonics. The book emphasizes the personality and projects of Robert Truax, Eric Drexler, Gerard K. O'Neill, Chris Langton, Freeman Dyson, Hans Moravec, Ralph Merkle, Robert Forward, Keith Henson, Carolyn Meinel, Gary Hudson, Saul Kent, and a number of others.

Molecular nanotechnology

Concepts	Molecular assembler Molecular machine Mechanosynthesis Mechanochemistry Nanorobotics Self-replicating machine Productive nanosystems Grey goo Exploratory engineering Carbon nanotube nanomotor Utility fog Ecophagy Starseed launcher

Organizations	Foresight Institute Center on Nanotechnology and Society Future of Humanity Institute

People	K. Eric Drexler Christine Peterson J. Storrs Hall Ralph Merkle Robert Freitas James C. Bennett

Works	Engines of Creation Great Mambo Chicken and the Transhuman Condition Nanosystems There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom

Other	Foresight Institute Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology Drexler-Smalley debate on molecular nanotechnology

Related topics	Nanotechnology Nanomedicine Transhumanism Cryonics Technological singularity Impact of nanotechnology Societal

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