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James Gleick in his 1992 biography, Genius, the Life and Science of Richard Feynman , quoted the Harvard philosopher, W.V. Quine: I think that for scientific purposes the best we can do is give up the notion of knowledge as a bad job...
As an example of highly successful machines at the “small scale,” Feynman prompted his audience to consider the inherent properties of biological cells.
Although at the time of his presentation, the manipulation of single molecules and single atoms seemed improbable, if not impossible, Feynman challenged his audience to consider a new field of physics, one in which individual molecules and atoms would be manipulated and controlled at the molecular level (Feynman 1960).
The field of nanotechnology has indeed emerged and blossomed since Feynman's 1959 lecture, and scientists from many disciplines are now taking a careful look at the protein “machines” that power biological cells (Drexler 1986).
He colorfully noted that although cells are “very tiny,” they are “very active, they manufacture various substances, they walk around, they wiggle, and they do all kinds of wonderful things on a very small scale” (Feynman 1960).
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