"14 lectures"--Container. Compact discs. In container (25 cm.). Course guide includes bibliographical references. Lecturer: Deborah G. Sauder, Georgia Gwinnett College.
Contents:
Lecture 14. Introduction and overview -- Lecture 2. Nanotechnology ethics. Lecture 3. "There's plenty of room at the bottom" -- Lecture 4. Why size matters -- Lecture 5. The chemical building blocks of nano -- Lecture 6. Some essential physics -- Lecture 7. "Seeing" nanostructures -- Lecture 8. Building nanostructures -- Lecture 9. Nanoscale sensors -- Lecture 10. Nanotechnology and medicine -- Lecture 11. Nanotechnology, optics, and electronics -- Lecture 12. Nanotechnology and energy -- Lecture 13. Smart materials -- Lecture 14. Nanotechnology ethics.
Summary:
"Nanotechnology is one field where science fiction seems to predict science fact. Since the 1950s, an enormous number of technical and scientific innovations have been motivated by overcoming barriers to space exploration or analyzing data collected from manned and unmanned space exploration ..."--Container.
Series:
The modern scholar : great professors teaching you!
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