The social life of nanotechnology / edited by Barbara Herr Harthorn and John W. Mohr.
"This volume shows how nanotechnology takes on a wide range of socio-historically specific meanings in the context of globalization, across multiple localities, institutions and collaborations, through diverse industries, research labs, and government agencies and in a variety of discussions wi...
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| Superior document: | Routledge studies in science, technology and society ; 18 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Routledge studies in science, technology and society ;
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 277 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- pt. I. Constructing the field of nanotechnology: the social origins of nanotechnology
- pt. II. Controlling the field: the role of public policies, market systems, scientific labor, and globalization in nanotechnology
- pt. III. Contesting the field: knowledge, power, and reflexivity in the construction of nanotechnology.