The unanticipated consequences of technology

Nanotechnology: Ethical and Social Implications

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 155-173

  Healy, Tim ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

SET OFFS;

CLONING;

EID: 84900450528     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b12005     Document Type: Chapter

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