Nanotalk : conversations with scientists and engineers about ethics, meaning, and belief in the development of nanotechnology / by Rosalyn W. Berne.

Author/creator Berne, Rosalyn W.
Format Book
Publication InfoMahwah, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2006.
Descriptionxvi, 361 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents Russell -- Introduction: Narrative and the voices of research: scientists and engineers -- I. ETHICS: The nanotechnology "revolution" -- Three dimensions of nanoethics -- II. MEANING: Conceptual frameworks, themes, and values --Meaning making -- III. BELIEF: New knowledge and nature -- Imagination, metaphor, and science fiction -- Noble revisited -- Conscientious moral commitments -- Appendix A: Methodology and preliminary research findings -- Appendix B: History of the Nanotechnology Initiative in the United States -- Appendix C: Interview protocol -- Appendix D: 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 345-349) and indexes.
LCCN 2005040158
ISBN080584810X

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Joyner General Stacks T174.7 .B37 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold