Will small be beautiful? Making policies for our nanotech future

History and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-203

  McCray, W Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanotechnology; Science policy; Technological utopias

Indexed keywords

EID: 85064784557     PISSN: 07341512     EISSN: 14772620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07341510500103735     Document Type: Article

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