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K. Eric Drexler

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Kim Eric Drexler (born April 25, 1955) is an American engineer best known for introducing molecular nanotechnology (MNT), and his studies of its potential from the 1970s and 1980s. His 1991 doctoral thesis at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was revised and published as the book Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery Manufacturing and Computation (1992), which received the Association of American Publishers award for Best Computer Science Book of 1992. He has been called the "godfather of nanotechnology". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. K. Eric Drexler is the 312th most popular engineer (down from 295th in 2019), the 8,414th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,177th in 2019) and the 34th most popular American Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, K. Eric Drexler ranks 312 out of 389. Before him are Georgy Babakin, John R. Pierce, Mal Evans, Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev, Robert H. Dennard, and Peter Schreyer. After him are Ralph Bagnold, Marina Popovich, Geoffrey de Havilland, Peter Chen, Sidney Darlington, and Charles Combes.

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Among people born in 1955, K. Eric Drexler ranks 362. Before him are Susan Dougan, Rolf Løvland, Gabriele Zimmer, James Eckhouse, Zlatko Lagumdžija, and Agathonas Iakovidis. After him are Fang Fang, Gjoko Hadžievski, Piers Sellers, Joanne Chory, Michel Renquin, and Andy Bechtolsheim.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, K. Eric Drexler ranks 8,416 out of 20,380. Before him are William D. Coolidge (1873), Marc Aaronson (1950), Robert Bacon (1860), Paddy Chayefsky (1923), Noah Wyle (1971), and John Casper (1943). After him are Herschell Gordon Lewis (1926), Alan Ball (1957), Haley Joel Osment (1988), Henry Dearborn (1751), Robert Goulet (1933), and Jesse Plemons (1988).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, K. Eric Drexler ranks 34. Before him are Eugene Polley (1915), Burt Rutan (1943), Frederick Terman (1900), Alan Shugart (1930), Kenneth Nichols (1907), and Robert H. Dennard (1932). After him are Sidney Darlington (1906), Preston Tucker (1903), Gordon Bell (1934), Beatrice Hicks (1919), Hugh Latimer Dryden (1898), and T. Keith Glennan (1905).

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