Nanoculture : implications of the new technoscience /

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Nano denotes a billionth; a nanometer is a billionth of a meter. New instrumentation and techniques have for the first time made possible materials research and engineering at this level, the scale of individual molecules and atoms. Extraordinary visions of material abundance, unprecedented material...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Other Authors: Hayles, N. Katherine, 1943-, Foushee, Danielle
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol, UK ; Portland, Or. : Intellect Books, 2004.
Subjects:
Art and science.
Art and technology.
Nanoscience > Social aspects.
Art et sciences.
Art et technologie.
Nanosciences > Aspect social.
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Social Aspects.
SCIENCE / General
Art and science
Art and technology
Kultursoziologie
Nanotechnologie
Nanotechnologie.
Culturele aspecten.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements; Preface; Connecting the Quantum Dots: Nanotechscience and Culture; The Invisible Imaginar y: Museum Spaces, Hybrid Reality and Nanotechnology; Working Boundaries on the nano Exhibition; Nanotechnology in the Age of Posthuman Engineering: Science Fiction as Science; Less is More: Much Less is Much More: The Insistent Allure of Nanotechnology Narratives in Science Fiction Literature; Future Present: Nanotechnology and the scene of risk; Dust, Lust and Other Messages from the Quantum Wonderland.

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