Preview

Prime logo Prime members: New to Audible?
Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

A Bridge to the Future: Understanding Nanotechnology, Part 1

By: Professor Deborah Gibbs Sauder
Narrated by: Professor Deborah Gibbs Sauder
Try for $0.00

$14.95/month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $20.00

Buy for $20.00

Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.

Publisher's summary

Nanotechnology is radically altering the world in ways almost unimaginable in only the very recent past. With applications in arenas from medicine and science to warfare and even the world of sports, nanotechnology opens the doorway to a vast array of breathtaking possibilities. In this series of clearly articulated lectures, Professor Deborah Gibbs Sauder explores the world of nanotechnology and all its astounding applications, while also examining the ethical issues raised by the science and the impact nanotechnology is having on big business.

©2011 Deborah Gibbs Sauder (P)2011 Recorded Books, LLC
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

What listeners say about A Bridge to the Future: Understanding Nanotechnology, Part 1

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    40
  • 4 Stars
    24
  • 3 Stars
    16
  • 2 Stars
    6
  • 1 Stars
    2
Performance
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    30
  • 4 Stars
    14
  • 3 Stars
    17
  • 2 Stars
    4
  • 1 Stars
    6
Story
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    34
  • 4 Stars
    19
  • 3 Stars
    14
  • 2 Stars
    2
  • 1 Stars
    2

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars

OK Content, Terrible Reading

This program is OK but basic. If you are already familiar with nano tech, you probably already know much of what's in this audiobook. To be fair, this is an introduction however, one chapter covers the basics of the metric system. If you don't already know about the metric system, then you have bigger problems than learning about nano tech.

The real problem with this program is that it is read by the author. She stops in the middle of sentences for uncomfortably long periods of time and talks in the most boring monotone possible. I feel sorry for the student in her classes that have to listen to her take interesting material and hammer it flat.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

15 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

An Introduction for Everyone

This is a fantastic book. Interesting enough for scientists to stay intrigued throughout and well structured as to not be overly complex. No matter your background, this book discusses the possibilities of nanotechnology in a way that is easy to listen to.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Good book, bad performer

the content was very great and in a level that could be understood well. However, the presenter had so much trouble having a flow. She had many unnecessary pauses and kept correcting herself.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

good intro or nano

pretty good intro to nanotechnology. I would like one o 5he programming and computer side

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

SO EXCITED NOW ABOUT NANOTECHNOLOGY & OUR FUTURE

What made the experience of listening to A Bridge to the Future: Understanding Nanotechnology, Part 1 the most enjoyable?

Just so many examples of how nanotechnology is being used and how it will be used and how it can be used. AMAZING, a must read.

What was one of the most memorable moments of A Bridge to the Future: Understanding Nanotechnology, Part 1?

I guess after hearing everything nanotechnology can do when it was said that Universities are working hard to make nanotechnology programs because there will be so many jobs in this area and we need people trained. I am older and I still want to go back to school and be trained in nanotechnology!

Which character – as performed by the narrator – was your favorite?

This is a lecture.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

YES I did listen in once sitting and I have re listened to it SEVERAL TIMES< I lost count!

Any additional comments?

This should be required reading and have your kids listen with you, it will definitely get them excited about nanotechnology and I bet they will want to go study it. I m sure whoever does will do get very good jobs!! The earlier they start the better! So jealous of those that already know how to produce items via nanotechnology!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Exciting visual into the great

As a person that loves the possibilities and accomplishments of human genius, this book was joyous. I find it terribly exciting to hear of real advances and upcoming advances in nano technology.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Exhausting to listen to

A very uninspired book. I'm sorry, but I feel as if the narrator is going to die of respiratory failure at the end of each sentence..this makes for a very uncomfortable reading. It's probably just me, but either way..simply exhausting! I've had this book for two months now, and I'm struggling to get to the end of it! Just fifteen minutes left! It will be a miracle!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Great book for beginners

If you're just beginning in nanotechnology or have an interest as to what it is this is the book for you. It also describes how the nanotechnology scale works in comparison to what we understand what we see every day. All and all this is the book I would recommend to anyone with an interest in the field.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Decently informative but difficult to listen

The information from this book is good, but the reader speaks in a non-cohesive manner: she pauses frequently in the middle of sentences which makes it VERY difficult to listen to.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    1 out of 5 stars

Complete waste of time (returning immidiately)

ok so I have a science background. I don't know anything about nano technology but I understand physics and chemistry and I know some stuff about quantum mechanics (just a little though). with that background, I found this book to be absolutely useless. I had to skip the first 4 chapters (out of 14) just to get to the science stuff. At that point, I found the "science" to be trivial and rudimentary so I skipped 3 more chapters to get to the meat. At that point I found the lectures to be not specific enough (in other words useless) the author wasted time telling anecdote and share useless stories and examples, while she omitted all specifics of the modern nano technology. I do not recommend this book unless you are a high school drop out who never took physics and chemistry (if that's the case, you probably shouldn't start your study with nano technology).

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!