Discovering the nanoscale

• Other Authors: Nordmann, Alfred 1956-, Schummer, Joachim, Baird, Davis 1956-
• Format: Unknown
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Washington, DC IOS Press 2004
• Subjects: Nanotechnology > Congresses; Nanoscience > Congresses
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• Item Description: Selection of 25 papers presented at two conferences held in 2003 in Germany
• Physical Description: vii, 321 pages illustration 25 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
• ISBN: 9781586034672

Science and engineering, industry and politics, environmentalists and transhumanists are Discovering the Nanoscale. Policy makers are demanding explicit consideration of ethical, legal, and social aspects, and popular books are explaining the achievements and promises of nanoscience. It may therefore seem surprising that this is the first collection of studies that considers nanoscience and nanotechnologies from the critical perspective of Science and Technology Studies (STS). However, when one appreciates that such a critical perspective needs to be historically informed it often involves intimate acquaintance with the research process. Accordingly, this book on the historical, analytical, and ethical study of nanoscience and -technology has come together in a period of several years. Though it presents only first results, these results for the most part stem from sustained investigations of nanoscience and nanotechnologies and of the contexts that are shaping their development.