Overview
- An integrated text reflecting the challenges in Nanotechnology
- The most important results are transferred into acting recommendations concerning scientific progress, industrial relevance, economic potential, educational needs, potential adverse health effects and philosophical aspects of Nanotechnology
- Is addressing decision makers in relevant sectors of society like politics, research and industry
Part of the book series: Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment (ETHICSSCI, volume 27)
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Since nanotechnology is considered a key for the 21st century, its promises have been assessed by various scientific communities. By meeting at the nanoscale, various disciplines, from physics via chemistry to biology, from engineering to medicine, contribute synergetically to the newly created knowledge base and the resulting technological advances. Considering that large societal sectors will be impacted, the unique aspect of this two-year study was to assess nanotechnology from various interrelated perspectives: scientific progress, industrial relevance, economic potential, educational needs, potential adverse health effects, and philosophical aspects.
The goal of this study was to derive integrated recommendations which consider the large range of societal implications reflecting the different views in an integrative manner. The study attempts to link previously isolated statements, bundling the various concepts and giving unified recommendations to decision makers in relevant society sectors such as politics, economy and research. Special attention was given to the European situation with respect to commercial consequences, an aspect that has not yet received the attention it deserves so far.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nanotechnology
Book Subtitle: Assessment and Perspectives
Authors: H. Brune, H. Ernst, A. Grunwald, W. Grünwald, H. Hofmann, H. Krug, P. Janich, M. Mayor, W. Rathgeber, G. Schmid, U. Simon, V. Vogel, … D. Wyrwa
Series Title: Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-32820-3
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-32819-3Published: 04 April 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-06936-9Published: 18 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-32820-9Published: 23 June 2006
Series ISSN: 1860-4803
Series E-ISSN: 1860-4811
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 496
Topics: Nanotechnology, Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation, Solid Mechanics