Imagining nanotechnology: Cultural support for technological innovation in Europe and the United States

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-90

  Gaskell, George ^b   Eyck, Toby Ten ^a   Jackson, Jonathan ^b   Veltri, Giuseppe ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 11844272632     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662505048949     Document Type: Article

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