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WHAT IS NANOTECHNOLOGY AND WHY DOES IT MATTER?
FROM SCIENCE TO ETHICS |
| By: |
Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin, Daniel Moore |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£83.25 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1405175451 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781405175456 |
| Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
28 January, 2010 |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Description: |
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. |
| Synopsis: |
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 impactOffers 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 issuesAuthored by a nanoscientist and philosophers, offers an accurate and accessible look at the science while providing an ideal text for ethics and philosophy coursesExplores the most immediate and urgent areas of social impact of nanotechnology |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd) |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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