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K. Eric Drexler

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Kim Eric Drexler (born April 25, 1955) is an American engineer best known for introducing molecular nanotechnology (MNT), and his studies of its potential from the 1970s and 1980s. His 1991 doctoral thesis at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was revised and published as the book Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery Manufacturing and Computation (1992), which received the Association of American Publishers award for Best Computer Science Book of 1992. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of K. Eric Drexler has received more than 250,962 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). K. Eric Drexler is the 273rd most popular engineer, the 6,796th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,296th in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Engineer.

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Among engineers, K. Eric Drexler ranks 273 out of 323. Before him are Sam Eyde, Ransom E. Olds, Robert Esnault-Pelterie, Arthur Rudolph, Peter Schreyer, and Othmar Ammann. After him are Donald Wills Douglas Sr., Da-Wen Sun, Eilmer of Malmesbury, Alan Shugart, Mikhail Tikhonravov, and Arthur E. Kennelly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, K. Eric Drexler ranks 267. Before him are Deborra-Lee Furness, Agathonas Iakovidis, John Hinckley Jr., Andrei Gavrilov, Julian Richings, and Kane Hodder. After him are Roberto Pruzzo, Bruno Pezzey, Enzo Ghinazzi, Jeff Perry, Rolf Løvland, and Lee Smolin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, K. Eric Drexler ranks 6,796 out of 18,182. Before him are Khandi Alexander (1957), Jacqueline Logan (1904), George Herbig (1920), Frank Silva (1950), Dominique Dunne (1959), and Lea Michele (1986). After him are Polly Holliday (1937), John Fiedler (1925), Carmelo Anthony (1984), Paul Whiteman (1890), Dizzy Reed (1963), and Kate Bosworth (1983).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, K. Eric Drexler ranks 29. Before him are Aron Ralston (1975), Hendrik Wade Bode (1905), Rudy Van Gelder (1924), Frederick Terman (1900), Jack Parsons (1914), and Ransom E. Olds (1864). After him are Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892), Alan Shugart (1930), Frances Spence (1922), Butler Lampson (1943), Hugh Latimer Dryden (1898), and Robert H. Dennard (1932).

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