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| Molecular engineering: An approach to the development of general capabilities for molecular manipulation KE Drexler Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 78 (9), 5275-5278, 1981 | 1055 | 1981 |
| Unbounding the future: the nanotechnology revolution KE Drexler, C Peterson, G Pergamit (No Title), 1991 | 589 | 1991 |
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| Radical abundance: How a revolution in nanotechnology will change civilization KE Drexler Public Affairs, 2013 | 230 | 2013 |
| Nanotechnology: from Feynman to funding KE Drexler Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society 24 (1), 21-27, 2004 | 226 | 2004 |
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| Safe exponential manufacturing C Phoenix, E Drexler Nanotechnology 15 (8), 869, 2004 | 166 | 2004 |
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| Molecular nanomachines: physical principles and implementation strategies KE Drexler Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure 23 (1), 377-405, 1994 | 135* | 1994 |
| Engines of Creation. The Coming Era of Nanotechnology DK Eric Anchor Book, 1986 | 105 | 1986 |
| Building molecular machine systems KE Drexler Trends in Biotechnology 17 (1), 5-7, 1999 | 100 | 1999 |
| Helical logic RC Merkle, KE Drexler Nanotechnology 7 (4), 325, 1996 | 80 | 1996 |
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| Hypertext publishing and the evolution of knowledge KE Drexler Social Intelligence 1 (2), 87-120, 1991 | 61 | 1991 |
| Dissolving the Fermi paradox A Sandberg, E Drexler, T Ord arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.02404, 2018 | 54 | 2018 |
| Reframing superintelligence: Comprehensive AI services as general intelligence KE Drexler Future of Humanity Institute, 2019 | 53 | 2019 |
| Nanotechnology T Theis, D Parr, P Binks, J Ying, KE Drexler Nat Nano 1 (1), 8-10, 2006 | 49 | 2006 |
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