Screen LibraryNanotechnology challenges : implications for philosophy, ethics and society /
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World Scientific,
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| Publisher Address: | Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : |
| Publication Dates: | 2006. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: |
http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/6067#t=toc |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (vii,468pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9812773975 (electronic bk.) 9789812773975 (electronic bk.) |
| CLC: | TB4-05 |
| Contents: | Introduction / Joachim Schummer and David Baird -- I. The Drexler challenge. 1. Two cultures of nanotechnology? / Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent. 2. The Drexler-Smalley debate on nanotechnology : incommensurability at work? / Ot avio Bueno -- II. The metaphysics of nanotechnology. 3. Noumenal technology : reflections on the incredible tininess of nano / Alfred Nordmann. 4. Nanotechnology and nature : on two criteria for understanding their relationship / Gregor Schiemann. 5. Small, but determined : technological determinism in nanoscience / Cyrus C. M. Mody -- III. The truth of nanoscopic image |