Reading Feynman into Nanotechnology: A Text for a New Science

Techne: Research in Philosophy and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 133-168

  Toumey, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feynman; History of technology; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

EID: 72549108498     PISSN: 01617249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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