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The social life of nanotechnology /

"This volume shows how nanotechnology takes on a wide range of socio-historically specific meanings in the context of globalization, across multiple localities, institutions and collaborations, through diverse industries, research labs, and government agencies and in a variety of discussions wi...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Harthorn, Barbara Herr, 1951-, Mohr, John
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Routledge, 2012.
Collection:Routledge studies in science, technology and society ; 18.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • pt. I. Constructing the field of nanotechnology: the social origins of nanotechnology
  • pt. II. Controlling the field: the role of public policies, market systems, scientific labor, and globalization in nanotechnology
  • pt. III. Contesting the field: knowledge, power, and reflexivity in the construction of nanotechnology.