Nanotechnology For Dummies (EASY)

Nanotechnology involves manipulating matter at the atomic and molecular scale, typically between . To put that in perspective, a single nanometer is one billionth of a meter . Mind-Boggling Scale Comparisons

The popular guide Nanotechnology For Dummies by Richard Booker and Earl Boysen breaks the field down into several key areas: Nanotechnology For Dummies, 2nd Edition - Wiley

Your fingernails grow approximately one nanometer every second .

A human hair is about 50,000 to 100,000 nanometers thick.