Powered by imagination: Nanobots at the science photo library

Science as Culture

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-292

  Nerlich, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Images; Nanobots; Nanotechnology; Science fiction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861652218     PISSN: 09505431     EISSN: 14701189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09505430802280743     Document Type: Article

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