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What Is Nanotechnology and Why Does it Matter? – From Science to Ethics

Autor F Allhoff
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 ian 2010
Ongoing research in nanotechnology promises both innovations and risks, potentially and profoundly changing the world. This book helps to promote a balanced understanding of this important emerging technology, offering an informed and impartial look at the technology, its science, and its social impact and ethics. * Nanotechnology is crucial for the next generation of industries, financial markets, research labs, and our everyday lives; this book provides an informed and balanced look at nanotechnology and its social impact * Offers a comprehensive background discussion on nanotechnology itself, including its history, its science, and its tools, creating a clear understanding of the technology needed to evaluate ethics and social issues * Authored by a nanoscientist and philosophers, offers an accurate and accessible look at the science while providing an ideal text for ethics and philosophy courses * Explores the most immediate and urgent areas of social impact of nanotechnology
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ISBN-13: 9781405175449
ISBN-10: 1405175443
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom

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Undergraduate and graduate students studying ethics, philosophy of science and technology, engineering, and material science. Also accessible to policymakers, industry executives, and the broader public

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What Is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter? provides a balanced understanding of this important emerging technology and the social and ethical issues that come from it. The text starts with an introduction to the science of nanotechnology, and attends to basic issues and principles needed to evaluate nanotechnology's impact.