About a definition of nano: How to articulate nano and technology?

Hyle

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-18

  Loeve, Sacha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Individuation; Molecular machine; Nanotechnology; Science versus technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955256287     PISSN: 14335158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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