I have started reading Nanocosm by William Illsey Atkinson, who is a Canadian sci/tech jounralist. So far it has been an interesting read, although as Chris Phoenix points out in this review, there are a number of technical errors and he often makes fun of the proponents of molecular assembly (disagreeing with an idea is one thing, but making fun of the person who thought of it is another). I did agree with his argument that Drexler and Feyman seemed too enthusiastic about creating miniature gears and sockets and that at least the early research in nanoscience was more focused on engineering than chemistry or biology. A quick search through the nanodot blog reveals that current nanoscience research includes a healthy component of biology (examples: 1, 2). I am happy to see that current research includes studying biological stuctures like the flagellar motors and tubilin mictotubules and I hope we see even more ways that biologists can be involved in nanoscience.
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