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a free color catalog of all our high-quality books,call ollfree 1-800-542-2595 or fax1-877-542-2596.Cataloging-in-Publication DataNames:Duhig,Holly.Title:Replicators/Holly Duhig.Clasification:LCC TS¹71.95D842018|DDC 621.9'8--dc23Published in 2018 byGareth Stevens Publishing111 East 14th Street,Suite 349New York,NY 10003Copyright ◎2018 BookLifeWritten by:Holly DuhigEdited by:John WoodDesigned by:Matt RumbelowPhoto credits:Abbreviations:-left Pnght,b-bottom,1-1op.c-center,m-middle.With thanks to Gelty Images,Thinkstock Photo and iStockphoto.Cover:bg -MaxyM,font -Fer Gregory.4-Algol5-Luadthong 6-lassedesigne5148:12-ESB Professional.8:1-Rick Partington;b-VadimEsteban De Armas;b-RaymondCassel,10:1-Scanraill;BalancePhoto;b-tchara.12:1-dezignor;b-Aumm gro123dartist;b-Andrii Zhezhera.14-Mix-space 15:1-Yury Zap;b-doomu.16-Fer Gregory 17-SylverartsVectors 18-CLUSTERX.19-Igor Zh20-+-Fotografiche;b-Joshua Jo21-Robert Kneschke 22:1-Roman3dAr;b-exopixel.23-Marcos MesaSom Wordley.24:bl-solarseven;tr-Stepan Kapl.25:tr-eurobanks,br-SNPSS.26:bg-Fer Gregory:br-VaLizo.27:Algo.28:tr-Quality Master;brKate Artyukhova 29:bg-acharyahargreaves,front-Albert Ziganshin.30:bg-camilkuo;br-racorn.All rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced in anyform without permission from the publisher,except by a reviewer.Printed in China003公NMnA  \nDescription:New York:Gareth Stevens Publishing,2018.|Series:Science fiction to science fact|Includes index.  \nldentifiers:ISBN 9781538214930(pbk.)|SBN9781538213865(library bound)|ISBN 9781538214947(6 pack)  \nSubjects:LCSH:Three-dimensional printing--Juvenile literatureNanotechnology--Juvenile literature.|Technologicalinnovations--Juvenile literature.  \nCPSA compliance nformamon Baotch CS18GS For further nformoton contoctGareth Stevens,New York,New York at1-800-542-2595.  \n3.52  \nCONTENTS  \nMAY 292018  \nPage 4 Replicators:The Fantasy  \nPage 6 Uses for Replicators  \nPage 8 Replicators:The Reality  \nPage 10 How Does 3-D Printing Work?  \nPage 12 What Can Be 3-D Printed?  \nPage 14 Bioprinting  \nPage 16 Stem Cells:Nature's Replicators  \nPage 18 Cloning  \nPage 22 Nanotechnology  \nPage 26 Replicators:The Future  \nPage 28 The Dangers of Replicating  \nPage 30 What Would You Create?  \n# REPLICATORS:THE FANTASYHUNGRY?\n\nIf you could have anything toIn science fiction,these machineseat right now,what would it be?are called replicators becauseSpaghetti?Steak?Wouldn't itthey replicate things from thebe great if there was a machinereal world and create them fromthat could instantly make anynothing.You would just need tofood you wanted at the pressscan a single chocolate cakeof a button?Well I've got somerecipe,and the machine wouldnews for you.Machines like thisknow how to make chocolate cakeexist and here you can learn allcopies forever.The more recipesabout them.you scan in,the more things themachine would know how to make.Imagine the possibilities!You couldmake copies of anything,like...double chocolate cake!  \nCRE△TING  \n# △ND RECYCLING\n\nSorry,but we need to stop thinkingabout cakes for now.Replicatorsin science fiction are used to makeother things too,such as tools,uniforms,and spare parts.They aresometimes even used to create airfor people to breathe when they arein a spacecraft far away from Earth.Replicators are also able to destroyand recycle objects,like in Star Trek.  \nSOMETHINGFROM NOTHING  \nOne of the best things about areplicator is that it can createsomething out of thin air.But is thisreally possible?Well,it dependswhat you mean by \"thin air.\"If youwanted to make a cake,you wouldneed eggs,flour,butter,and all therest of the ingredients.But whatif you could make it from differentingredients,like a small amountof powder,or a large amount ofenergy?This is what we need tofind out:what ingredients doesa real replicator need,and whatexactly cou","cbCaim7jqFJs7X9C","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaim7jqFJs7X9C","pdf",4156002,"English","# Replicators: The Fantasy\n## 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