Teaching societal and ethical implications of nanotechnology to engineering students through science fiction

Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 459-468

  Berne, Rosalyn W ^a   Schummer, Joachim ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering education; Ethics; Nanotechnology; Science fiction

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING ETHICS; NANOSCIENCE; SCIENCE FICTION;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 28844462735     PISSN: 02704676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0270467605283048     Document Type: Article

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