| Description |
1 online resource (377 pages) |
| Series |
Nano and Energy |
|
Nano and Energy.
|
| Contents |
Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Editor; Contributors; Chapter 1 -- Nanotechnology: An Introduction to Applications and Ethical and Social Issues; Chapter 2 -- What's Different, Ethically, About Nanotechnology? Foundational Questions and Answers; Chapter 3 -- The Beginning of Ethics: Confucius and Socrates; Chapter 4 -- Ethics: A Conservative Christian Perspective; Chapter 5 -- Nanotechnology: Ethical and Social Issues; Chapter 6 -- The Unanticipated Consequences of Technology; Chapter 7 -- Portraits in Carbon; Chapter 8 -- Nanotechnology: Environment and Ecology. |
|
Chapter 9 -- Our Biopolitical Future: Four ScenariosChapter 10 -- Nanotechnology in Food and Agriculture; Chapter 11 -- The Future of Food: An Introduction to the Ethical Issues in Genetically Modified Foods; Chapter 12 -- Titanium Dioxide (TiO2): A Versatile Semiconducting Material for Environmental and Antibacterial Applications; Chapter 13 -- What Are the Social Implications of Our Delay in Teaching Nanoscience Education to K-12 Students in the United States?; Chapter 14 -- Nanotechnology Research and Science, Technology, and Society Education at Bilkent University. |
|
Chapter 15 -- Application of Simulation for Emulating Nanotechnology and Emerging Technologies in EducationChapter 16 -- Predicting the Future: Review of Public-Perception Studies of Nanotechnology; Epilogue : Nanotechnology-The Size of the Cosmos Versus the Size of Human Knowledge; Back Cover. |
| Summary |
""Perhaps the most useful chapter from an instructor's perspective is the one by Deb Newberry. ... Ms. Newberry has assembled a concise, clear, and well-footnoted introduction to the field of nanotechnology products and the ecology of their effects. ... Dr. Khan's own introductory chapter also belongs in the category of standout. He gives good definitions of the field, provides many well-illustrated examples, and includes about thirty pages of scenarios and case studies involving nanotechnology and social or ethical issues. Case studies are one of the book's strengths overall, because several. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Nanotechnology -- Social aspects.
|
|
Nanotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspects.
|
|
Nanotechnology -- Social aspects -- Study and teaching.
|
|
Nanotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Study and teaching.
|
|
Nanotechnologie -- Aspect social. |
|
Nanotechnologie -- Aspect moral. |
|
Nanotechnologie -- Aspect social -- Étude et enseignement. |
|
Nanotechnologie -- Aspect moral -- Étude et enseignement. |
|
Nanotechnologie |
|
Ethik |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Khan, Ahmed S. Nanotechnology : Ethical and Social Implications. Hoboken : CRC Press, ©2012 9781439859537 |
| ISBN |
9781466563223 (electronic bk.) |
|
1466563222 (electronic bk.) |
|
More Resources