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“The book’s science is solid and McCarthy’s fervor genuinely infectious.

The future never felt so close.” --- WIRED

LEVITATING CHAIRS, QUANTUM MIRAGES,

AND THE INFINITE WEIRDNESS OF

PROGRAMMABLE ATOMS

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WIL MCCARTHY

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Nanotechnology Now "Best of 2003"

Amazon.com #4 Bestseller

Reviews

"When he experimented with lightning, Ben Franklin mused that electricity 'might

someday prove of use.' Now comes Wil McCarthy, offering a peek at something so

potentially transforming, our grandchildren may build civilizations around it. If even a

few of these possibilities come true, you'll always remember you heard it here first." --

David Brin, author of The Transparent Society

"Programmable substances and futuristic computers will revolutionize our lives and allow

us to soar beyond the limits of our intuition. No book better describes the impact of

hypercomputing and the dazzling wealth of new materils coming our way than Hacking

Matter." -- Clifford A. Pickover, author of The Mathematics of Oz

"A grand tour of cutting-edge research: alchemy, 21st century style. The author makes an

informative case for the promising, even magical, potential of programmable atoms." --

Publishers Weekly

"McCarthy effectively conveys the inherent gee-whiz character of his subject. A fascinating

glimpse of research that may in a few years find its way into our everyday lives." --Kirkus

Reviews

"[T]he book's science is solid and McCarthy's fervor genuinely infectious. The future never

felt so close." -- Jennifer Kahn, WIRED

"McCarthy blends lucid nuts-and-bolts explanations of 'quantum dots' and other

developing technologies with healthy doses of 'You ain't seen nothin' yet' descriptions of

speculative applications. A fascinating book for any reader intrigued by new technologies."

-- Barnes and Noble

"Promises to create a thunderclap of change. McCarthy takes a fantastical concept, coolly

explaining it in a plausible way, and helps even the most science-deficient reader to

understand how 'hacking matter' works, and what it means for all of us." -- Dallas

Morning News

"Through the works of aerospace-engineer-turned-science-fiction-author Wil McCarthy...

the promise of programmable matter could make the technology revolution wrought by

semiconductors to date look like a warm-up for the main act. " -- Stephen Cass, IEEE

Spectrum

"An excellent guide to some cutting-edge science. McCarthy has now joined the league of

major writers like Asimov and Clarke who are comfortable writing both science fiction and

science fact." -- Fred Cleaver, The Denver Post

"Veteran science fiction writer Wil McCarthy explores a frontier of real-world possibilities

that could make all previous technological revolutions look like artifacts from the stone

age. He has a knack for expounding hard science in layman's terms, [and] speculates

enthusiasically on the potential benefits. " -- David Colterjohn, San Francisco Chronicle

"McCarthy employs a soothing narrative manner that draws reads into the story; even

when the science gets tough to digest, there's enough freewheeling speculation to keep you

going. Throughout, McCarthy describes the phenomenon of programmable matter as a

kind of magic. His knack for describing it is magical in itself." -- Booklist

"Excellent. there's a sense that he's onto something really important -- the kind of thing

that scientists and science fiction writers will be exploring for decades to come." -- Cory

Doctorow, Boinboing.net

HACKING MAT T ER

This book's prologue first appeared, in slightly different form,

as an essay in NATURE. Other chapters are derived in part from

material first published in WIRED, Analog, Science Fiction

Weekly, Science Fiction Age, and assorted other magazines and

Internet sites.

This book is also available in both hardcover format (Basic

Books, first published in 2003) and as a paperback (Basic Books,

first published in 2004).

Also by Wil McCarthy

To Crush the Moon

Lost in Transmission

The Wellstone

The Collapsium

Bloom

Murder in the Solid State

The Fall of Sirius

Flies from the Amber

Aggressor Six

HACKING MATTER

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Levitating Chairs, Quantum Mirages,

and the

Infinite Weirdness

PROGRAMMABLE ATOMS

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WIL MCCARTHY

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wil@programmablematter.com

To Michael and Evalyn McCarthy,

for making me curious

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