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Technoscience in Progress : Managing the Uncertainty of Nanotechnology.
Title:
Technoscience in Progress : Managing the Uncertainty of Nanotechnology.
Author:
Arnaldi, S.
ISBN:
9781607504412
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (160 pages)
Contents:
Title page -- Contents -- Introduction. Managing the Uncertainty of Nanotechnology Across Boundaries and Scales -- Beyond Regulation. Three Questions and One Proposal for Public Deliberation -- The Challenges of "Upstream" Communication and Public Engagement for Irish Nanotechnology -- Risk, Responsibility, Rights, Regulation and Representation in the Value Chain of Nano-Products -- Emerging Strategies and Coordination in Nanocoating Innovation -- Future Available? Fiction and Nonfiction in Scenarios About Nanotechnology -- Appreciation and Anticipation in the Evolution of the Nano-Field - A Case for Systemic Foresight -- Nanotechnology and the Global South: Exploratory Views on Characteristics, Perceptions and Paradigms -- Controlling the Ethics of Nanorisks -- The Introduction of Nanotechnology as a Societal Experiment -- Author Index.
Abstract:
Nanotechnology seems to escape boundaries and definitions. This title adds to the collective effort of charting the multiple and heterogeneous dimensions that characterize nanotechnology, by analyzing the numerous modalities through which different stakeholders and actors provide definitions, attribute meaning and sense to nanoenabled innovations.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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