The visioneers (Record no. 148783)

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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
Canceled/invalid LC control number 2012017061
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Canceled/invalid ISBN 9780691139838 (hardback : acid-free paper)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Canceled/invalid ISBN 9781400844685 (e-book)
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System control number (CaPaEBR)ebr10624605
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System control number (OCoLC)823739755
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Original cataloging agency CaPaEBR
Transcribing agency CaPaEBR
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Classification number Q125
Item number .M417 2013eb
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 509
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name McCray, Patrick
Fuller form of name (W. Patrick)
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The visioneers
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title how a group of elite scientists pursued space colonies, nanotechnologies, and a limitless future /
Statement of responsibility, etc. W. Patrick McCray.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Princeton :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Princeton University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2013.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xii, 351 p. :
Other physical details ill.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. "In 1969, Princeton physicist Gerard O'Neill began looking outward to space colonies as the new frontier for humanity's expansion. A decade later, Eric Drexler, an MIT-trained engineer, turned his attention to the molecular world as the place where society's future needs could be met using self-replicating nanoscale machines. These modern utopians predicted that their technologies could transform society as humans mastered the ability to create new worlds, undertook atomic-scale engineering, and, if truly successful, overcame their own biological limits. The Visioneers tells the story of how these scientists and the communities they fostered imagined, designed, and popularized speculative technologies such as space colonies and nanotechnologies. Patrick McCray traces how these visioneers blended countercultural ideals with hard science, entrepreneurship, libertarianism, and unbridled optimism about the future. He shows how they built networks that communicated their ideas to writers, politicians, and corporate leaders. But the visioneers were not immune to failure--or to the lures of profit, celebrity, and hype. O'Neill and Drexler faced difficulty funding their work and overcoming colleagues' skepticism, and saw their ideas co-opted and transformed by Timothy Leary, the scriptwriters of Star Trek, and many others. Ultimately, both men struggled to overcome stigma and ostracism as they tried to unshackle their visioneering from pejorative labels like "fringe" and "pseudoscience." The Visioneers provides a balanced look at the successes and pitfalls they encountered. The book exposes the dangers of promotion--oversimplification, misuse, and misunderstanding--that can plague exploratory science. But above all, it highlights the importance of radical new ideas that inspire us to support cutting-edge research into tomorrow's technologies"--
Assigning source Provided by publisher.
533 ## - REPRODUCTION NOTE
Type of reproduction Electronic reproduction.
Place of reproduction Palo Alto, Calif. :
Agency responsible for reproduction ebrary,
Date of reproduction 2011.
Note about reproduction Available via World Wide Web.
-- Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Science
General subdivision History.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Visionaries.
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Genre/form data or focus term Electronic books.
Source of term local
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Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element ebrary, Inc.
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10624605">http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10624605</a>
Public note An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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