The laws of physics should allow us to arrange things molecule by molecule and even atom by atom, and at some point it was inevitable that we would develop a technology that would let us do this.

  • -- Ralph Merkle 拉尔夫·默克尔

物理定律应该允许我们把东西一个分子一个分子地排列,甚至原子一个原子地排列,在某种程度上,我们不可避免地要开发一种技术,让我们做到这一点。

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In order to figure out how to make atoms compute, you have to learn how to speak their language and to understand how they process information under normal circumstances.

为了弄清楚如何让原子计算,你必须学习如何说原子的语言,并理解它们在正常情况下是如何处理信息的。

One of the concepts essential to molecular manufacturing is that of a self-replicating manufacturing system. That concept has lagged behind in its acceptance.

分子制造的基本概念之一是自我复制制造系统。这一概念在接受上落后了。

My babies and I benefited greatly from our nightly bonding sessions and co-sleeping arrangements, and I'm glad I did it for as long as I did.

我和我的孩子们从我们每晚的亲密接触和共同睡眠的安排中受益匪浅,我很高兴我这么做了这么久。

Through space the universe encompasses and swallows me up like an atom; through thought I comprehend the world.

宇宙在太空中像一个原子一样包围并吞噬着我;我通过思想了解世界。