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245 1 0 _aNanotechnology :
_brisk, ethics and law /
_cedited by Geoffrey Hunt and Michael D. Mehta.
250 _a1st ed. (Asian ed.)
260 _aLondon ;
_aSterling, VA :
_bEarthscan,
_c2007.
300 _axxiii, 296 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
440 0 _aScience in society series
505 0 _aThe challenge of nanotechnologies / Geoffrey Hunt and Michael D. Mehta -- Introducing nanotechnology -- Nanotechnology: from "wow" to "yuck" ? / Kristen Kulinowski -- Nanotechnology: from Feynman to funding / K. Eric Drexler -- Microsystems and nanoscience for biomedical applications: a view to the future / Linda M. Pilarksi, Michael D. Mehta, Timothy Caulfield, Karan V.I.S. Kaler, and Christopher J. Backhouse -- Nanotechnoscience and complex systems: the case for nanology / Geoffrey Hunt -- Regional developments -- Nanotechnologies and society in Japan / Matsuda Masami, Geoffrey Hunt, and Obayashi Masayuki -- Nanotechnologies and society in the USA / Kirsty Mills -- Nanotechnologies and society in Europe / Geoffrey Hunt -- Nanotechnologies and society in Canada / Linda Goldenberg -- Benefits and risks -- From biotechnology to nanotechnology: what can we learn from earlier technologies? / Michael D. Mehta -- Getting nanotechnology right the first time / John Balbus, Richard Denison, Karen Florini, and Scott Walsh -- Risk management and regulation in an emerging technology / Roland Clift -- Nanotechnologyand nanoparticle toxicity: a case for precaution / C. Vyvyan Howard and December S.K. Ikah -- The future of nanotechnology in food science and nutrition: can science predict its safety? / Arpad Pusztai and Susan Bardocz -- Ethics and public understanding -- The global ethics of nanotechnology / Geoffrey Hunt -- Going public: risk, trust and public understanding of nanotechnologies / Julie Barnett, Anna Carr, and Roland Clift -- Dwarfing the social? nanotechnology lessons from the biotechnology front / Edna F. Einsiedel and Linda Goldenberg -- Law and regulation -- Nanotechnologies and the law of patents: a collision course / Siva Vaidhyanathan -- Nanotechnologies and civil liability / Alan Hannah and Geoffrey Hunt -- Nanotechnologies and the ethical conduct of research involving human subjects / Lorraine Sheremeta -- Nanotechnologies and corporate criminal liability / Celia Wells and Juanita Elias -- What makes nanotechnologies special? / Michael D. Mehta and Geoffrey Hunt.
650 0 _aNanotechnology
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 0 _aNanotechnology
_xSocial aspects.
650 0 _aNanotechnology
_xLaw and legislation.
700 1 _aHunt, Geoffrey,
_d1947-
700 1 _aMehta, Michael D.,
_d1965-
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip066/2006000791.html
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