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 ⓘ
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