] his new field of science, called nanotechnology, has
] unfolded so quickly that the recent university courses in
] nanotechnology have had to depend upon compendiums of
] journal articles as their textbooks or books geared to
] majors in a specific field.
]
]
] Now, however, three scientists have pulled together some
] 60 active researchers across many disciplines to write a
] broad-based textbook specifically for students.
] Introduction to Nanoscale Science and Technology, has
] just been released by Kluwer Academic Publishers
] (www.wkap.nl/prod/b/1-4020-7720-3). The book was created
] by James R. Heflin Jr. of the Virginia Tech Department of
] Physics, Stephane Evoy of the University of Pennsylvania
] Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, and
] Massimiliano Di Ventra of the University of California at
] San Diego Department of Physics.

[ Might be good to have this one on the shelf, though i fear the rapid change will make this obsolete rapidly. Still, could be a good foundational book... -k]

New textbook introduces students to the foundations, applications of nanotechnology