Geoengineering as Collective Experimentation

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 851-869

  Stilgoe, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate engineering; Collective experimentation; Geoengineering; Governance; Responsible research and innovation

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; ETHICS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INVENTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

ENGINEERING; GLOBAL WARMING; INVENTIONS;

EID: 84927534151     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 14715546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-015-9646-0     Document Type: Article

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