Opis: What is Nanotechnology and Why Does it Matter? - Daniel Moore, Patrick Lin, Fritz Allhoff

Ongoing research in nanotechnology promises both innovations and risks, potentially and profoundly changing the world. This book helps to promote a balanced understanding of this important emerging technology, offering an informed and impartial look at the technology, its science, and its social impact and ethics. Nanotechnology is crucial for the next generation of industries, financial markets, research labs, and our everyday lives; this book provides an informed and balanced look at nanotechnology and its social impact. It offers a comprehensive background discussion on nanotechnology itself, including its history, its science, and its tools, creating a clear understanding of the technology needed to evaluate ethics and social issues. Authored by a nanoscientist and philosophers, this book offers an accurate and accessible look at the science while providing an ideal text for ethics and philosophy courses. It explores the most immediate and urgent areas of social impact of nanotechnology. "Undoubtedly, reading this book will stimulate a great deal of discussion, which is, perhaps, its chief merit. From this viewpoint the great breadth of coverage is a definite advantage, because it ensures that there is a great variety of food for thought in the content." (Nanotechnology Perceptions, 1 November 2010)"This book was very carefully constructed. Painstaking internal cross-reference refer the reader to fuller discussions of topics in other chapters. Nearly every chapter, at the start and conclusion, includes a few sentences on scope." ("Nanotechnology Law & Business", summer 2010)Preface. Unit 1: What is Nanotechnology? 1. The Basics of Nanotechnology. 1.1: Definitions and Scales. 1.2: The Origins of Nanotechnology. 1.3: The Current State of Nanotechnology. 1.4: The Future of Nanotechnology. 1.5: Nanotechnology in Nature and Applications. 2. Tools of the Trade. 2.1: Seeing the Nanoscale. 2.2: Basic Governing Theories. 3. Nanomaterials. 3.1: Formation of Materials. 3.2: Carbon Nanomaterials. 3.3: Inorganic Nanomaterials. 4. Applied Nanotechnology. 4.1: Using Nanomaterials. 4.2: Nanotechnology Computing and Robotics. 4.3: Predicting the Future of Technology. Unit 2: Risk, Regulation, and Fairness. 5. Risk and Precaution. 5.1: Risk. 5.2: Cost-Benefit Analysis. 5.3: Precautionary Principles. 5.4: Evaluating the Precautionary Principle. 6. Regulating Nanotechnology. 6.1: The Stricter-Law Argument. 6.2: Learning from History. 6.3: Objections to the Stricter-Law Argument. 6.4: An Interim Solution? 6.5: Putting the Pieces Together. 7. Equity and Access. 7.1: Distributive Justice. 7.2: Nanotechnology and the Developing World. 7.3: Water Purification. 7.4: Solar Energy. 7.5: Medicine. 7.6: Nanotechnology, the Developing World, and Distributive Justice. Unit 3: Ethical and Social Implications. 8. Environment. 8.1: Society, Technology, and the Environment. 8.2: Environmental Risks of Nanotechnology. 8.3: Nanotechnology Solutions to Environmental Problems. 8.4: Overall Assessments: Risk and Precaution. 9. Military. 9.1: The Military and Technology. 9.2: A Nano-enabled Military. 9.3: A Nano-enabled Defense System. 9.4: Ethical Concerns. 10. Privacy. 10.1: Historical and Legal Background. 10.2: Philosophical Foundations. 10.3: Radio Frequency Identity Chips. 10.4: Item-Level Tagging. 10.5: Human Implants. 10.6: RFID-chipped Identification. 10.7: Is RFID a Threat to Privacy? 11. Medicine. 11.1: The Rise of Nanomedicine. 11.2: Diagnostics and Medical Records. 11.3: Treatment. 11.4: Moving Forward. 12. Enhancement. 12.1: What is Human Enhancement? 12.2: Defining Human Enhancement. 12.3: The Therapy-Enhancement Distinction. 12.4: Human Enhancement Scenarios. 12.5: Untangling the Issues in Human Enhancement. 12.6: Restricting Human Enhancement Technologies? 13. Conclusion. 13.1. Chapter Summaries. 13.2. Final Thoughts and Future Investigations. References. Index.

Szczegóły: What is Nanotechnology and Why Does it Matter? - Daniel Moore, Patrick Lin, Fritz Allhoff

Tytuł: What is Nanotechnology and Why Does it Matter?
Autor: Daniel Moore, Patrick Lin, Fritz Allhoff
Producent: John Wiley
ISBN: 9781405175449
Rok produkcji: 2010
Ilość stron: 304
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.46 kg

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