Hacking Matter Levitating Chairs, Quantum Mirages, And The Infinite Weirdness Of Programmable Atoms

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The book's science is solid and McCarthy's fervor genuinely infectious. The future never felt so close.- "Wired"

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Programmable Matter: A Retrospective	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Clarke's Law and the Need for Magic	p. 1
Standing Waves	p. 9
The Play of Light	p. 39
Thermodynamics and the Limits of the Possible	p. 61
Magnetism and Mechanics	p. 89
The Point-and-Click Promise	p. 113
The Programmable City	p. 133
The Future Tense	p. 151
Afterword: Accidental Demigods?	p. 171
References	p. 175
Patent Application	p. 185
Acronyms	p. 208
Index	p. 209
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