Nanotechnology - technology at the molecular level - is held out by many as the Holy Grail for creating a trillion dollar economy and solving problems from curing cancer to reprocessing waste into products and building superfast computers. Yet, as with GMOs, many view nanotech as a high risk genie in a bottle that once uncorked has the potential to cause unpredictable, perhaps irreversible, environmental and public health disasters. With the race to bring products to market, there is pressing need to take stock of the situation and to have a full public debate about this new technological frontier. Including contributions by renowned figures such as Roland Clift, K. Eric Drexler and Arpad Pusztai, this is the first global overview of the state of nanotech and society in Europe, the USA, Japan and Canada, examining the ethics, the environmental and public health risks, and the governance and regulation of this most promising, and potentially most dangerous, of all technologies.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9781844073580
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96793041
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Nanotechnology
Author
Geoffrey Hunt, Michael Mehta
Publication Name
Nanotechnology: Risk, Ethics and Law
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
635g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
The Earthscan Science in Society Series
Editor
Geoffrey Hunt, Michael Mehta
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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