Visualize printing all 24 volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica on the head of a pin. In 1959, Richard Feynman articulated this reality in an insightful address at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society. In what became a prophetic speech, ‘‘There’s plenty of room at the bottom’’ [1], Feynman discussed manipulating and controlling matter on a small scale. Back then, forward thinki...
