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
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9781405175449
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-7544-9
- Verlag: Wiley
- Erscheinungstermin: 15.02.2010
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 2010
- Produktform: Kartoniert
- Gewicht: 443 g
- Seiten: 304
- Format (B x H x T): 152 x 229 x 16 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Themen
- Geisteswissenschaften
- Philosophie
- Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung
- Wissenschaftsethik, Technikethik
- Geisteswissenschaften
- Philosophie
- Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung
- Wissenschaftsethik, Technikethik
- Interdisziplinäres
- Wissenschaften
- Wissenschaften: Allgemeines
- Wissenschaften: Theorie, Epistemologie, Methodik