Nanoethics : big ethical issues with small technology / Dónal P. O'Mathúna

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O'Mathúna, Dónal

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Think nowPublication details: London ; New York : Continuum, c2009Description: xii, 235 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9781847063953 (pbk.)
1847063950 (pbk.)
9781847063946 (hbk.)
1847063942 (hbk.)

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Contents:

Nanotechnology : in search of a definition -- Developing nanotechnology : in the beginning -- Ethics and nanotechnology : what's the story? -- Dealing with risk : preying on fear -- Precaution : more forwards slowly -- Global nanotech : turning the world upside down -- Nanomedicine : honey, I shrunk the doctor -- Enhancement : becoming better than healthy -- The posthuman future : making room for human dignity -- Technology and the future : revisiting Daedalus and Icarus

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Open Shelf	UMPLIB GAMBANG	T174.7 .O43 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		0000051510

Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-228) and index