Tiny, Tinier, Tiniest - Books

Today we will peek into the world of Literature, to see facts about the Smallest Published Book in the World. This credit first and foremost goes to Nanotechnology, for which without this could not be possible.

The world’s first nanoscale book was published as a work of fine art on April 9, 2007 by at the Nano Imaging Facility of Simon Fraser University. This book, complete with an International Standard Book Number (ISBN-978-1-894897-17-4), is entitled ‘Teeny Ted From Turnip Town’. It was written by Malcolm Douglas Chaplin and is a fable concerning the success of Teeny Ted, from Turnip Town, and his victory in the Turnip contest at the annual county fair. It is at present the world’s smallest published book. The book was typeset in block letters with a resolution of 40 nanometers, and is made up of 30 micro-tablets, each carved on a polished piece of single crystalline silicon. The carving of the letter forms invokes the look of ancientcuneiform tablets, the undisputed root of publication. The entire collection of micro-tablets is contained within an area of 69 x 97microns square, with an average size of tablet being 11 x 15 microns square. Altough the Guinness Book of World Records has cited two other books as the smallest, there is no doubt that this is the Smallest Book in the World.