Nanotechnology : risk, ethics and law /

"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 super fast computers. Yet, as with GMOs, many view nanotech as a high risk...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hunt, Geoffrey (Geoffrey Peter), 1947-, Mehta, Michael D., 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2006.
Colección:Science in society series.
Temas:
Nanotechnology > Moral and ethical aspects.
Nanotechnology > Social aspects.
Nanotechnology > Law and legislation.
Risk assessment.
Nanotechnology > ethics
Nanotechnology > legislation & jurisprudence
Nanotechnology > trends
Risk Assessment
Évaluation du risque.
Nanotechnologie > Aspect moral.
Nanotechnologie > Aspect social.
risk assessment.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Nanotechnology & MEMS.
Risk assessment
Nanotechnologie.
Sociale aspecten.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The 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.

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