The pionners had paving the path for the advancement of nanotechnology and nanoscale-related research, development, education, and awareness. We hope learning about the personalities, dedication, and work of prominent scientists, thinkers, writers, educators, and others in the still-young field of nanotechnology not only will highlight the field's growing relevance in our daily lives, but also perhaps inspire others to follow in their footsteps. He played a role in the development of the atomic bomb, expanded the understanding of quantum electrodynamics, and cut to the heart of the Challenger disaster. But beyond that, Feynman was a unique and multi-faceted individual. Ralph Merkle Xerox Parc's, Ralph Merkle is one of the leading nanotechnology practitioners.
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Eric K. Drexler Eric Drexler is a researcher concerned with emerging technologies and their consequences for the future. Mr Drexler also lectures on nanotechnology to a wide variety of technical and business audiences. In May 1993, Dr. Drexler won the Kilby Young Innovator Award, named for Jack Kilby, inventor of the integrated circuit. Richard Smalley Richard Smalley is the Director of the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology at Rice University. Recently, Dr. Smalley and colleagues Robert Curl of Rice and Sir Harold Kroto of the University of Sussex in England were awarded the Nobel Chemistry Prize in October for their chance discovery of the new form of carbon in 1985.