Everyone has heard of Feynman, Binnig and Rohrer, and the scanning tunnelling microscope, but where does Conrad Schneiker fit in? Chris Toumey explains.
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Toumey, C. The man who understood the Feynman machine. Nature Nanotech 2, 9–10 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2006.187
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