What Is Nanotechnology (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781405175449)

Vendor: Fritz Allhoff
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
$60.95
$60.95
$60.95
Subtotal: $60.95
WR Book House

What Is Nanotechnology

$60.95

What Is Nanotechnology

$60.95
Format: Paperback
Description
Description
x
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


Author: Fritz Allhoff,Patrick Lin,Daniel Moore
ISBN-10: 1405175443
ISBN-13: 9781405175449
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 02/22/2010
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d
By Fritz Allhoff
By Fritz Allhoff
x

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.

Recently Viewed Products