Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin, Daniel Moore

What Is Nanotechnology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What Is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter? provides a balanced understanding of this important emerging technology and the social and ethical issues that come from it. The text starts with an introduction to the science of nanotechnology, and attends to basic issues and principles needed to evaluate nanotechnology's impact. It also closely examines some of the most important areas of application, such as environmental, privacy, military, medical and enhancement. This text is an invaluable resource to policymakers, scientists, industry executives, and students alike.

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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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 466g
• ISBN-13: 9781405175449
• ISBN-10: 1405175443
• Artikelnr.: 26957476

Autorenporträt

Fritz Allhoff is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Western Michigan University. Patrick Lin is Professor at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, where he is also the director of the Ethics + Emerging Technologies Group. He is also an affiliate scholar at the Stanford Law School, Center for Internet and Society. Daniel Moore is a research scientist on nanoscale semiconductor solutions for IBM and has served on the Georgia Institute of Technology's honor committee.

Inhaltsangabe

Unit 1: What is Nanotechnology? 1. The Basics of Nanotechnology 2. Tools of
the Trade 3. Nanomaterials 4. Applied Nanotechnology Unit 2: Risk,
Regulation, and Fairness 5. Risk and Precaution 6. Regulating
Nanotechnology 7. Equity and Access Unit 3: Ethical and Social Implications
8. Environment 9. Military 10. Privacy 11. Medicine 12. Enhancement
Conclusion