Smalley/Drexler debate MNT in C&E News cover story

Nobel Winner Smalley Responds to Drexler's Challenge
Fails to Defend National Nanotech Policy

Rice University Professor Richard Smalley has responded to a longstanding challenge by Dr. Eric Drexler to defend the controversial direction of U.S. policy in nanotechnology. Their four-part exchange sponsored by the American Chemical Society is the Dec. 1, 2003 Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) cover story. As described by Deputy Editor-in-Chief Rudy Baum, the controversy centers on "a fundamental question that will dramatically affect the future development of this field." This could mark a turning point in the development of the field.
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Full text of the exchange
Technical commentary from CRN

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