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Nanotechnology, Societal Implications
. Ed(S): Roco, Mihail C.; Bainbridge, William Sims
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Hardback. Advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology promise great technical breakthroughs. This book reviews the possible uses of these impending technical developments in various industrial, medical, and national security applications. It examines the corresponding ethical, legal, social, economic, and educational issues that these developments raise. Editor(s): Roco, Mihail C.; Bainbridge, William Sims. Num Pages: 365 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDR; TBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 713.
Advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology promise to have major impacts on human health, wealth, and peace in the coming decades. Among the expected breakthroughs are orders of magnitude increases in computer efficiency, human organ restoration using engineered tissue, `designer' materials created from directed assembly of atoms and molecules, and the emergence of entirely new phenomena in chemistry and physics. This book includes a collection of essays by leading scientists, engineers, and social scientists reviewing the possible uses of these impending technical developments in various industrial, medical, and national security applications, and the corresponding ethical, legal, social, economic, and educational issues ... Read more
Advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology promise to have major impacts on human health, wealth, and peace in the coming decades. Among the expected breakthroughs are orders of magnitude increases in computer efficiency, human organ restoration using engineered tissue, `designer' materials created from directed assembly of atoms and molecules, and the emergence of entirely new phenomena in chemistry and physics. This book includes a collection of essays by leading scientists, engineers, and social scientists reviewing the possible uses of these impending technical developments in various industrial, medical, and national security applications, and the corresponding ethical, legal, social, economic, and educational issues ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
365
Condition
New
Number of Pages
357
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402046582
SKU
V9781402046582
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99-15
About . Ed(S): Roco, Mihail C.; Bainbridge, William Sims
Roco is the senior nanotechnology advisor of the National Science Foundation and National Nanotechnology Initiative, which is the federal R&D program established to coordinate the multiagency efforts in nanoscale science, engineering, and technology.
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