Plenty of Room at the Bottom

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"Plenty of Room at the Bottom" is a famous 1959 lecture by physicist Richard Feynman that is widely regarded as a foundational vision for the field of nanotechnology.

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instanceOf foundational work in nanotechnology
public lecture
scientific essay
scientific lecture
associatedWith American Physical Society
California Institute of Technology Physics Department
author Richard Feynman
countryOfOrigin United States
dateOfLecture 1959-12-29
deliveredAt California Institute of Technology
event American Physical Society meeting
linked to: APS March Meeting
field nanotechnology
physics
genre popular science
scientific speculation
hasForm printed article
reprinted essay in later collections
transcribed lecture
hasKeyConcept engineering challenges at the nanoscale are primarily technical, not fundamental
no fundamental physical law forbids extreme miniaturization
there is plenty of room at small length scales
hasNotableQuote There is plenty of room at the bottom.
influenced development of nanotechnology
molecular nanotechnology concepts
research on scanning probe microscopy
influencedBy information theory
quantum mechanics
language English
placeOfLecture Pasadena, California
linked to: Pasadena
proposes building machines to build smaller machines
direct manipulation of individual atoms
writing the entire Encyclopedia Britannica on the head of a pin
publicationYear 1960
publishedIn Engineering and Science magazine
publisher Caltech Engineering and Science
recognizedAs classic work in the history of nanoscience
foundational vision for nanotechnology
speaker Richard Feynman
timePeriod 20th century
topic atomic-scale fabrication
information storage density
manipulation of matter at the atomic scale
miniaturization of technology
molecular machines
scanning and writing at atomic resolution
visionaryFor atomic-scale information storage
bottom-up manufacturing
year 1959

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Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology namedAfterWork Plenty of Room at the Bottom
Feynman Prize namedAfterNotableWork There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom
linked to: Plenty of Room at the Bottom