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Nano-Hype

Author : David M. Berube
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1615922369
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (159 download)

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Download or read book Nano-Hype written by David M. Berube and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2009-12-04 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nanotechnology, the science of molecular engineering at the atomic scale, has captured the popular imagination. From movies to TV series to video games, utopian fantasies and horror scenarios involving nanotechnology have become a staple of the entertainment industry. The hyperbole surrounding this new technology comes not only from the media but also from scientists who exaggerate the anticipated benefits of nanotechnology to justify research funding, as well as from environmentalists and globalization opponents, who sometimes indulge in doom-and-gloom prophecies to advance their own agendas. The result is widespread misinformation and an uninformed public.In an effort to set the record straight, professor of communication studies David M. Berube has written this thoroughly researched, accessible overview of nanotechnology in contemporary culture. He evaluates the claims and counterclaims about nanotechnology by a broad range of interested parties including government officials and bureaucrats, industry leaders and entrepreneurs, scientists, journalists, and other persons in the media. Berube appraises programs and grand initiatives here and abroad, and he examines the environmental concerns raised by opponents, as well as the government and private responses to these concerns. With so much argumentation on both sides, it is difficult for anyone to determine what is true. Nano-Hype provides up-to-date, objective information to inform the public.Based on over a decade of research and interviews with many of the movers and shakers in nanotechnology, this critical study will help the reader separate the realistic prospects from the hype surrounding this important cutting-edge technology.

Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society

Author : David H. Guston
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1412969875
Total Pages : 1025 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society written by David H. Guston and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2010 with total page 1025 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Labeled either as the 'next industrial revolution' or as just 'hype', nanoscience and nanotechnologies are controversial, touted by some as the likely engines of spectacular transformation of human societies and even human bodies, and by others as conceptually flawed. These challenges make an encyclopedia of nanoscience and society an absolute necessity. Providing a guide to what these understandings and challenges are about, the Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society offers accessible descriptions of some of the key technical achievements of nanoscience along with its history and prospects. Rather than a technical primer, this encyclopedia instead focuses on the efforts of governments around the world to fund nanoscience research and to tap its potential for economic development as well as to assess how best to regular a new technology for the environmental, occupational, and consumer health and safety issues related to the field. Contributions examine and analyze the cultural significance of nanoscience and nanotechnologies and describe some of the organizations, and their products, that promise to make nanotechnologies a critical part of the global economy. Written by noted scholars and practitioners from around the globe, these two volumes offer nearly 500 entries describing the societal aspects of nanoscience and nanotechnology."--Publisher's description.

Modern Nanotechnology

Author : Junaid Ahmad Malik
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031311043
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (313 download)

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Download or read book Modern Nanotechnology written by Junaid Ahmad Malik and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume set provides a comprehensive overview of modern nanoscience, and encompasses advanced techniques of nanocomposite materials that make their way from the laboratory to the field for the revival of energy and environmental systems in a sustainable manner. It includes the design and the sophisticated fabrication of nanomaterials along with their potential energy and environmental applications, while looking at how nanoscience and nanotechnology can be used to promote environmentally friendly processes and strategies. The books' purpose is to promote eco-friendly methods and techniques by covering many elements of both the synthesis and uses of nanoparticles and nanofluids for energy and environmental engineering. They provide an up-to-date synthesis of nanocomposite materials for modern nanotechnology applications in the fields of environment protection, heterogeneous catalysis, wastewater treatment, fuel cells, electrochemical energy conversion, and storage applications. The set is designed for environmental scientists, nanotechnologists, chemists, engineers, and individuals seeking current research on nanotechnology and its applications in environmental engineering. Graduate students working in these fields will also find it a valuable resource. Volume 2 focuses on toxicological assessment, negative impacts of nanomaterials, green synthesis, energy conversion, and storage applications.

Nanoscale

Author : Nigel Cameron
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470165863
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Nanoscale written by Nigel Cameron and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-08-10 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative examination of the present and potential impact of nanoscale science and technology on modern life Because truly transformative technologies have far-reaching consequences, they always generate controversy. Establishing an effective process for identifying and understanding the broad implications of nanotechnology will advance its acceptance and success, impact the decisions of policymakers and regulatory agencies, and facilitate the development of judicious policy approaches to new technology options. Nanoscale: Issues and Perspectives for the Nano Century addresses the emerging ethical, legal, policy, business, and social issues. A compilation of provocative treatises, this reference: Covers an area of increasing research and funding Organizes topics in four sections: Policy and Perspectives; Nano Law and Regulation; Nanomedicine, Ethics, and the Human Condition; and Nano and Society: The NELSI Imperative Presents differing perspectives, with views from nanotechnology's most ardent supporters as well as its most vocal critics Includes contributions from professionals in a variety of industries and disciplines, including science, law, ethics, business, health and safety, government regulation, and policy This is a core reference for professionals dealing with nanotechnology, including scientists from academia and industry, policy makers, ethicists and social scientists, safety and risk assessment professionals, investors, and others. It is also an excellent text for students in fields that involve nanotechnology.

Nanotechnology and Development

Author : Shyama V. Ramani
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 113991653X
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book Nanotechnology and Development written by Shyama V. Ramani and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-28 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nanotechnology is a generic platform with potential applications in many sectors. It promises to be a motor of economic growth with inclusive development through innovation related to materials, foods, medicines, and so on. This book identifies the nature and magnitude of the nanotechnology divide between high-income countries and the rest of the world. It also studies the determinants of the evolution and functioning of state policy and technology clusters in developed regions like the USA and the EU in order to identify the strategies that can or cannot be replicated elsewhere. Tracing the trajectories in nanotechnology being carved out by four emerging countries: China, India, Brazil and Mexico, it identifies common as well as country-specific factors that influence the rates of return to public and private investment related to nanotechnology in emerging countries. The book also makes policy recommendations to bridge the nanotechnology divide while promoting economic growth and inclusive development.

Nanotechnology

Author : Deb Bennett-Woods
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420053531
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Nanotechnology written by Deb Bennett-Woods and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-10-03 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From manufacturing to medicine, nanotechnology implies revolutionary change. However, the sweeping changes wrought by a technological advance of this magnitude are likely to come at a price that includes unforeseen environmental impact, disruptions in industry, displacement of workers, and deeply controversial applications of the technology and its offspring. Nanotechnology: Ethics and Society provides a conceptually clear and straightforward ethical framework, in which pragmatic questions can be raised regarding the impact of nano-related technologies. The book focuses on general issues related to nanotechnology in nanomaterials and manufacturing as well as impacts on the marketplace and workforce. After an overview of the nanotechnology revolution, the text illustrates key concepts in the assessment model and then applies this model to a case study related to human enhancement technologies. It also offers an ethical agenda for addressing the challenges of nanotechnology. Nanotechnology promises to be the next great technological revolution. This important volume provides a framework for deciding how best to take advantage of nanotechnology opportunities while also minimizing the harm of negative effects.

Nanotechnology & Society

Author : Fritz Allhoff
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402062087
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Nanotechnology & Society written by Fritz Allhoff and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nanotechnology & Society is a collection of sixteen papers focused on the most urgent issues arising from nanotechnology today and in the near future. Written by leading researchers, policy experts, and nanoethics scholars worldwide, the book is divided into five units: foundational issues; risk and regulation; industry and policy; the human condition; and selected global issues. The essays tackle such contentious issues as environmental impact, health dangers, medical benefits, intellectual property, professional code of ethics, privacy, international governance, and more.

New Technologies and the Law in War and Peace

Author : William H. Boothby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110875287X
Total Pages : 527 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book New Technologies and the Law in War and Peace written by William H. Boothby and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Policymakers, legislators, scientists, thinkers, military strategists, academics, and all those interested in understanding the future want to know how twenty-first century scientific advance should be regulated in war and peace. This book tries to provide some of the answers. Part I summarises some important elements of the relevant law. In Part II, individual chapters are devoted to cyber capabilities, highly automated and autonomous systems, human enhancement technologies, human degradation techniques, the regulation of nanomaterials, novel naval technologies, outer space, synthetic brain technologies beyond artificial intelligence, and biometrics. The final part of the book notes important synergies that emerge between the different technologies and legal provisions, existing and proposed, assesses notions of convergence and of composition in international law, and provides some concluding remarks. The new technologies, their uses, and their regulation in war and peace are presented to the reader who is invited to draw conclusions.

Nanotechnology and Ethical Governance in the European Union and China

Author : Sally Dalton-Brown
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319182331
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book Nanotechnology and Ethical Governance in the European Union and China written by Sally Dalton-Brown and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-06-03 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses questions surrounding the feasibility of a global approach to ethical governance of science and technology. The emergence and rapid spread of nanotechnology offers a test case for how the world might act when confronted with a technology that could transform the global economy and provide solutions to issues such as pollution, while potentially creating new environmental and health risks. The author compares ethical issues identified by stakeholders in China and the EU about the rapid introduction of this potentially transformative technology – a fitting framework for an exploration of global agency. The study explores the discourse ethics and participatory Technology Assessment (pTA) inspired by the work of Jürgen Habermas to argue that different views can be universally recognized and agreed upon, perhaps within an ideal global community of communication. The book offers a developed discourse model, utilizing virtue ethics as well as the work of Taylor, Beck, Korsgaard and others on identity formation, as a way forward in the context of global ethics. The author seeks to develop new vocabularies of comparison, to discover shared aspects of identity and to achieve, hopefully, an ‘intercultural personhood’ that may lead to a global ethics. The book offers a useful guide for researchers on methods for advancing societal understanding of science and technology. The author addresses a broad audience, from philosophers, ethicists and scientists, to the interested general reader. For the layperson, one chapter surveys nanoissues as depicted in fiction and another offers a view of how an ordinary citizen can act as a global agent of change in ethics.

Consumers and Nanotechnology

Author : Harald Throne-Holst
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9814316164
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Consumers and Nanotechnology written by Harald Throne-Holst and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-04-12 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, questions about democratic influence on science and technology have received much attention. The lesson from the European unrest over GMO is that consumer-citizens will react negatively to being forced to accept the introduction of new, partly untested technologies. A number of political bodies have started to involve citizens and to consider their concerns, attitudes, hopes, and worries in the early stages of the coming nano revolution. This volume is assembles the contributions of experts who analyze a number of these deliberations, mainly in the European Union and the United States. The book analyzes citizen-oriented deliberations along with more stakeholder-oriented deliberations.

Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Author : Gabor L. Hornyak
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420047809
Total Pages : 1635 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology written by Gabor L. Hornyak and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-12-22 with total page 1635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The maturation of nanotechnology has revealed it to be a unique and distinct discipline rather than a specialization within a larger field. Its textbook cannot afford to be a chemistry, physics, or engineering text focused on nano. It must be an integrated, multidisciplinary, and specifically nano textbook. The archetype of the modern nano textbook

Prometheus Reimagined

Author : Albert C. Lin
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472118838
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book Prometheus Reimagined written by Albert C. Lin and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A call for a more thoughtful and democratic approach to technology policy and regulation

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Author : Glenn Clayton
Publisher : Scientific e-Resources
ISBN 13 : 1839473606
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Nanoscience and Nanotechnology written by Glenn Clayton and published by Scientific e-Resources. This book was released on 2018-12-14 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nanotechnology combines solid state physics, chemistry, electrical engineering, chemical engineering, biochemistry and biophysics, and materials science. It is a highly interdisciplinary area, meaning that it involves ideas integrated from many traditional discipline. Quantum nanoscience is the application of quantum theory to the design of new nanoscale materials and devices. Quantum Nanoscience explains functionality and structure in natural or engineered nanoscale systems through quantum mechanisms such as discretisation, superposition and entanglement. In the 19th century, decades of practice with heat engines led to the new science of thermodynamics. The understanding of the world captured by thermodynamics is now part of the fabric of engineering and effective design across a vast range of different technologies. Thermodynamics, quantum nanoscience is an enabling science for engineering and design of new nanotechnologies. Molecular nanotechnology (MNT) is a technology based on the ability to build structures to complex, atomic specifications by means of mechanosynthesis. This is distinct from nanoscale materials. Based on Richard Feynman's vision of miniature factories using nanomachines to build complex products (including additional nanomachines), this advanced form of nanotechnology (or molecular manufacturing) would make use of positionally-controlled mechanosynthesis guided by molecular machine systems. MNT would involve combining physical principles demonstrated by chemistry, other nanotechnologies, and the molecular machinery of life with the systems engineering principles found in modern macroscale factories. This book introduces the reader to the world of nanotechnology by giving them in-depth details of different aspects of the field.

Nanotechnology and Energy

Author : Jochen Lambauer
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9814364061
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Nanotechnology and Energy written by Jochen Lambauer and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-09-07 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Novel breakthroughs in the cutting-edge field of nanotechnology, as a cross-sectional technology, show potential for being applied across the whole value chain of the energy sector (energy sources, energy conversion, energy distribution, energy storage, and energy use). This book gives an overview of nanotechnological applications within the value chain of the energy sector and evaluates selected applications and their direct and indirect impacts on the energy sector. It presents selected nanotechnological applications that influence the energy economy significantly. Furthermore, the authors give a comprehensive description of the impacts and outcomes of selected nanotechnological applications on energy consumption, energy sources, energy supply, and the energy industry in Germany and show the potential of these applications for energy savings, improvement in energy efficiency, and the reduction of emissions until 2030.

Nanotechnology and Its Governance

Author : Arie Rip
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429879512
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Nanotechnology and Its Governance written by Arie Rip and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book charts the development of nanotechnology in relation to society from the early years of the twenty-first century. It offers a sustained analysis of the life of nanotechnology, from the laboratory to society, from scientific promises to societal governance, and attempts to modulate developments.

Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy - 5 Volume Set

Author : Domonic A. Bearfield
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000031624
Total Pages : 3897 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy - 5 Volume Set written by Domonic A. Bearfield and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-08-14 with total page 3897 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its third edition, Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy remains the definitive source for article-length presentations spanning the fields of public administration and public policy. It includes entries for: Budgeting Bureaucracy Conflict resolution Countries and regions Court administration Gender issues Health care Human resource management Law Local government Methods Organization Performance Policy areas Policy-making process Procurement State government Theories This revamped five-volume edition is a reconceptualization of the first edition by Jack Rabin. It incorporates over 225 new entries and over 100 revisions, including a range of contributions and updates from the renowned academic and practitioner leaders of today as well as the next generation of top scholars. The entries address topics in clear and coherent language and include references to additional sources for further study.

Size Really Does Matter: The Nanotechnology Revolution

Author : Colm Durkan
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 178634663X
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (863 download)

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Download or read book Size Really Does Matter: The Nanotechnology Revolution written by Colm Durkan and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The text is lightly written but, underneath the entertaining gloss of anecdote and personal detail, this is actually an intensely serious and carefully constructed book, aimed at informing the educated public about science in general and nanotechnology in particular. It is attractively produced, with innumerable well-captioned coloured images … To my mind, Colm Durkan has succeeded in combining the accessible style of the best science journalists with the authority and vision that come from being a successful scientist and an expert in his field.'Contemporary PhysicsNanotechnology is a buzz word many of us have heard but are uncertain what it really means. This book works to dispel the myths and unravel the truth about this branch of science and technology that has already touched many aspects of our lives, from cheaper and faster medical diagnostic tools and more effective ways to deliver existing ones to helping to create new medicines and electronic devices.Size Really Does Matter starts by looking at the science and history of nanotechnology, followed by real-life examples of how it is used, what cutting-edge research is being carried out and why, and potential risks of this exciting new technology.It is written in an accessible style with genuine enthusiasm for the topics it addresses, including how nanotechnology hopes to address problems in several fields, such as cancer research, novel devices, new materials and improved manufacturing methods for existing products.Related Link(s)