Nanotechnology: Societal Implications Individual Perspectives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Roco, Mihail C. (Editor), Bainbridge, William Sims (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Subjects: Materials science.; Ethics.; Philosophy and science.; Science > Social aspects.; Nanotechnology.; Biomedical engineering.; Materials Science.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Societal Aspects of Physics.; Philosophy of Science.; Biomedical Engineering.

Advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology promise to have major impacts on human health, wealth, and peace in the coming decades. Among the expected breakthroughs are orders of magnitude increases in computer efficiency, human organ restoration using engineered tissue, `designer' materials cre...