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Author:

Berne, Rosalyn W.

Title:

Nanotalk : conversations with scientists and engineers about ethics, meaning, and belief in the development of nanotechnology / by Rosalyn W. Berne.

Publisher:

Lawrence Erlbaum,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xvi, 361 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Nanotechnology--Philosophy.
Nanotechnology--Moral and ethical aspects.
Scientists.--Interviews.
Engineers--Interviews.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-349) and indexes.

Contents:

Russell -- Introduction: Narrative and the voices of research: scientists and engineers -- I. ETHICS: The nanotechnology "revolution" -- Three dimensions of nanoethics -- II. MEANING: Conceptual frameworks, themes, and values --Meaning making -- III. BELIEF: New knowledge and nature -- Imagination, metaphor, and science fiction -- Noble revisited -- Conscientious moral commitments -- Appendix A: Methodology and preliminary research findings -- Appendix B: History of the Nanotechnology Initiative in the United States -- Appendix C: Interview protocol -- Appendix D: 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act.

ISBN:

9780805848106
080584810X

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60603278

LCCN:

2005040158

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)