Nanotechnology: Societal Implications
Autor: | Mihail C. Roco |
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EAN: | 9781402054327 |
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Sprache: | Englisch |
Produktart: | eBook |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 03.07.2007 |
Untertitel: | I: Maximising Benefits for Humanity; II: Individual Perspectives |
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Schlagworte: | Converging Technologies biomedical engineering biotechnology ethics nano-ethics nanotechnology technology tissue |
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Advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology promise great technical breakthroughs in the coming decades. In this book, leading scientists, engineers, and social scientists review the possible uses of these impending technical developments in various industrial, medical, and national security applications. They also examine the corresponding ethical, legal, social, economic, and educational issues that these developments raise.
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.