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 Electronic
Publication InfoMahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum,
Descriptionxvi, 361 p. ; 24 cm.
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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.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005040158
ISBN9780805848106 (alk. paper)
ISBN080584810X (alk. paper)

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