Award-winning science writer – and TLC non-fiction and poetry reader – Peter Forbes has worked together with sculptor Tom Grimsey to produce a full-colour book on nanotechnology which is due for release on May 7 2014.
Giants of the Infinitesimal explores the amazing possibilities that nanotechnology offers us, from clean harvesting solar energy and finding cost-effective methods to desalinate sea water, to the production of smart materials that alter their shape, texture or other properties when coming into contact with electric or magnetic fields. NanoScience shows the astonishing beauty of the nanoworld, the iridescense of butterfly wings or peacock feathers that is produced not by pigments but by structures invisible to the naked eye. Science looks out into deep space in wonder but our actual presence there will always be limited. We look deep into the heart of the atom but can only understand its structure by breaking it. Between these two ends of the spectrum is nanoscience, the fastest growing and most significant area of scientific exploration of our time.
You can pre-order the book now, and visit the website for more information.
