The introduction of nanotechnology as a societal experiment

Technoscience in Progress: Managing the Uncertainty of Nanotechnology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 129-142

  Van De Poel, Ibo ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethics; Nanotechnology; Risk; Societal experiments; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956466993     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-022-3-129     Document Type: Chapter

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