A Bridge to the Future: Understanding Nanotechnology, Part 1

The Modern Scholar

By: Professor Deborah Gibbs Sauder

Narrated by: Professor Deborah Gibbs Sauder

Nanotechnology is radically altering the world in ways almost unimaginable in only the very recent past. With applications in arenas from medicine and science to warfare and even the world of sports, nanotechnology opens the doorway to a vast array of breathtaking possibilities. In this series of clearly articulated lectures, Professor Deborah Gibbs Sauder explores the world of nanotechnology and all its astounding applications, while also examining the ethical issues raised by the science and the impact nanotechnology is having on big business.

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An Introduction for Everyone

This is a fantastic book. Interesting enough for scientists to stay intrigued throughout and well structured as to not be overly complex. No matter your background, this book discusses the possibilities of nanotechnology in a way that is easy to listen to.

OK Content, Terrible Reading

This program is OK but basic. If you are already familiar with nano tech, you probably already know much of what's in this audiobook. To be fair, this is an introduction however, one chapter covers the basics of the metric system. If you don't already know about the metric system, then you have bigger problems than learning about nano tech.

The real problem with this program is that it is read by the author. She stops in the middle of sentences for uncomfortably long periods of time and talks in the most boring monotone possible. I feel sorry for the student in her classes that have to listen to her take interesting material and hammer it flat.

Good book, bad performer

the content was very great and in a level that could be understood well. However, the presenter had so much trouble having a flow. She had many unnecessary pauses and kept correcting herself.

good intro or nano

pretty good intro to nanotechnology. I would like one o 5he programming and computer side

SO EXCITED NOW ABOUT NANOTECHNOLOGY & OUR FUTURE

What made the experience of listening to A Bridge to the Future: Understanding Nanotechnology, Part 1 the most enjoyable?

Just so many examples of how nanotechnology is being used and how it will be used and how it can be used. AMAZING, a must read.

What was one of the most memorable moments of A Bridge to the Future: Understanding Nanotechnology, Part 1?

I guess after hearing everything nanotechnology can do when it was said that Universities are working hard to make nanotechnology programs because there will be so many jobs in this area and we need people trained. I am older and I still want to go back to school and be trained in nanotechnology!

Which character – as performed by the narrator – was your favorite?

This is a lecture.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

YES I did listen in once sitting and I have re listened to it SEVERAL TIMES< I lost count!

Any additional comments?

This should be required reading and have your kids listen with you, it will definitely get them excited about nanotechnology and I bet they will want to go study it. I m sure whoever does will do get very good jobs!! The earlier they start the better! So jealous of those that already know how to produce items via nanotechnology!

Exciting visual into the great

As a person that loves the possibilities and accomplishments of human genius, this book was joyous. I find it terribly exciting to hear of real advances and upcoming advances in nano technology.

Exhausting to listen to

A very uninspired book. I'm sorry, but I feel as if the narrator is going to die of respiratory failure at the end of each sentence..this makes for a very uncomfortable reading. It's probably just me, but either way..simply exhausting! I've had this book for two months now, and I'm struggling to get to the end of it! Just fifteen minutes left! It will be a miracle!

Great book for beginners

If you're just beginning in nanotechnology or have an interest as to what it is this is the book for you. It also describes how the nanotechnology scale works in comparison to what we understand what we see every day. All and all this is the book I would recommend to anyone with an interest in the field.

Decently informative but difficult to listen

The information from this book is good, but the reader speaks in a non-cohesive manner: she pauses frequently in the middle of sentences which makes it VERY difficult to listen to.

Complete waste of time (returning immidiately)

ok so I have a science background. I don't know anything about nano technology but I understand physics and chemistry and I know some stuff about quantum mechanics (just a little though). with that background, I found this book to be absolutely useless. I had to skip the first 4 chapters (out of 14) just to get to the science stuff. At that point, I found the "science" to be trivial and rudimentary so I skipped 3 more chapters to get to the meat. At that point I found the lectures to be not specific enough (in other words useless) the author wasted time telling anecdote and share useless stories and examples, while she omitted all specifics of the modern nano technology. I do not recommend this book unless you are a high school drop out who never took physics and chemistry (if that's the case, you probably shouldn't start your study with nano technology).