| 1898 |
Von Hippel is born in Rovtock, Germany |
| 1918 |
Richard P. Feynman is born in New York
City
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| 1930 |
Hippel is interested in the question of
“molecular events hiding behind macroscopic properties.”
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| 1939 |
Feynman receives his B.SC
at the Massachusetts
Institute of technology
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| 1942 |
Feynman receives his PH.D at the University
of Princeton
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| 1950 |
Feynman is assigned the job of professor
of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of
technology.
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| 1954 |
Feynman is awarded the Albert Einstein
award
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| 1955 |
Kim. Eric. Drexler is born at Oakland
Hospital, California
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| 1959 |
Feynman speaks of the phrase “there’s
plenty of room at the bottom.”
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| 1960 |
Bill McLallan builds first electronic
motor the size of 1/64-inch cube
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| 1981 |
Drexler points out that the novel protein
problem can be solve independently
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| 1986 |
R. Drexler publishes Engines of Creation.
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| 1988 |
Feynman dies at the age of 70
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| 1988 |
Drexler teaches first class on Nanotechnology
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| 1989 |
Drexler chairs the first foresight conference
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| 1991 |
Drexler chairs the second foresight conference
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| 1993 |
Drexler wins the Kilby Young Innovator
award |
| 2000 |
President Clinton funds 2.8 billion dollars
for U.S. research to four science fields. |
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