Nanotechnology: Societal Implications: I: Maximising Benefits for Humanity; II: Individual Perspectives

by William Sims Bainbridge

Book Overview

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 created from directed assembly of atoms and molecules, and the emergence of entirely new phenomena in chemistry and physics. This book includes a collection of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0071GA542
• ISBN13: 9781402046582
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 357 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.6"