1st Edition
Nanotalk Conversations With Scientists and Engineers About Ethics, Meaning, and Belief in the Development of Nanotechnology
By Rosalyn W. Berne
Copyright 2006
388 Pages
by
CRC Press
378 Pages
by
CRC Press
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No one really knows where nanotechnology is leading, what its pursuit will mean, and how it may affect human and other forms of life. Nevertheless, its research and development are moving briskly into that unknown. Nanotalk is a book of conversations and explorations with thirty five such nano-research scientists and engineers who share their ideas, experiences, perceptions, and beliefs about... Read more
Preface
- Introduction: Narrative and the Voices of Research Scientists and Engineers
- Part I: Ethics
- The Nanotechnology Revolution
Three Dimensions of Nano-Ethics
- Part II: Meaning
- Conceptual Frameworks, Themes, and Values
- Meaning-Making
- Part III: Belief
- New Knowledge, Progress, and the Precise Control of Nature
- Imagination, Metaphor, and the Allure of Science Fiction
- Mythical/Religious Roots of Nanotechnology: Noble Revisited
- Conclusion: Conscientious Moral Commitments
- Appendices: Methodology and Preliminary Research Findings
- History of Nanotechnology Initiative in US
- Interview Protocol
- 21st Century Nanotechology Research and Development Act
- Foresight Molecular Nanotechnology Development Principles.
- Introduction: Narrative and the Voices of Research Scientists and Engineers
- Part I: Ethics
- The Nanotechnology Revolution
Three Dimensions of Nano-Ethics
- Part II: Meaning
- Conceptual Frameworks, Themes, and Values
- Meaning-Making
- Part III: Belief
- New Knowledge, Progress, and the Precise Control of Nature
- Imagination, Metaphor, and the Allure of Science Fiction
- Mythical/Religious Roots of Nanotechnology: Noble Revisited
- Conclusion: Conscientious Moral Commitments
- Appendices: Methodology and Preliminary Research Findings
- History of Nanotechnology Initiative in US
- Interview Protocol
- 21st Century Nanotechology Research and Development Act
- Foresight Molecular Nanotechnology Development Principles.
Biography
Rosalyn W. Berne
