Denialism: Drexler vs. Roco

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 22-26

  Berube, David ^a   Shipman, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

MECHANOSYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR MANUFACTURING; NANOSCIENCE;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 10944272708     PISSN: 02780097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MTAS.2004.1371635     Document Type: Article

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