Nanotechnology (eBook, ePUB)

Risk, Ethics and Law
Redaktion: Hunt, Geoffrey; Mehta, Michael

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Nanotechnology - technology at the molecular level - is held out by many as the Holy Grail for creating a trillion dollar economy and solving problems from curing cancer to reprocessing waste into products and building superfast computers. Yet, as with GMOs, many view nanotech as a high risk genie in a bottle that once uncorked has the potential to cause unpredictable, perhaps irreversible, environmental and public health disasters. With the race to bring products to market, there is pressing need to take stock of the situation and to have a full public debate about this new technological frontier. Including contributions by renowned figures such as Roland Clift, K. Eric Drexler and Arpad Pusztai, this is the first global overview of the state of nanotech and society in Europe, the USA, Japan and Canada, examining the ethics, the environmental and public health risks, and the governance and regulation of this most promising, and potentially most dangerous, of all technologies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 319
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136560705
• Artikelnr.: 38268896

Autorenporträt

Geoffrey Hunt is Professor of Ethics at the University of Surrey, UK and Professional Fellow of the Institute of Nanotechnology. Michael Mehta is Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Sociology of Biotechnology Program at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Challenge of Nanotechnologies
Part I Introducing Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology: From 'Wow' to 'Yuck'?
Nanotechnology: From Feynman to Funding
Microsystems and Nanoscience for Biomedical
Applications: A View to the Future
Nanotechnoscience and Complex Systems: The Case for Nanology
Part II Regional Developments
Nanotechnologies and Society in Japan
Nanotechnologies and Society in the USA
Nanotechnologies and Society in Europe
Nanotechnologies and Society in Canada
Part III Benefits and Risks
From Biotechnology to Nanotechnology: What Can We Learn from Earlier Technologies?
Getting Nanotechnology Right the First Time
Risk Management and Regulation in an Emerging Technology
Nanotechnology and Nanoparticle Toxicity: A Case for Precaution
The Future of Nanotechnology in Food Science and Nutrition: Can Science Predict its Safety? Part IV Ethics and Public Understanding
The Global Ethics of Nanotechnology
Going Public: Risk, Trust and Public Understanding of Nanotechnologies
Dwarfing the Social? Nanotechnology Lessons from the Biotechnology Front
Part V Law and Regulation
Nanotechnologies and the Law of Patents: A Collision Course
Nanotechnologies and Civil Liability
Nanotechnologies and the Ethical Conduct of Research Involving Human Subjects
Nanotechnologies and Corporate Criminal Liability
Part VI Conclusion
What Makes Nanotechnologies Special?