The challenge to deliberative systems of technological systems convergence

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 329-342

  Whitman, Jim ^a  

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Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; CONVERGENCE; ETHICS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 37149016366     PISSN: 13511610     EISSN: 14698412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13511610701760747     Document Type: Conference Paper

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