ABSTRACT

No one really knows where nanotechnology is leading, what its pursuit will mean, and how it may affect human and other forms of life. Nevertheless, its research and development are moving briskly into that unknown. Nanotalk is a book of conversations and explorations with thirty five such nano-research scientists and engineers who share their ideas

chapter |16 pages

Russell

part |2 pages

PART I ETHICS

part |2 pages

PART II MEANING

chapter 3|49 pages

Conceptual Frameworks, Themes, and Values

chapter 4|39 pages

Meaning Making

part |2 pages

PART III BELIEF

chapter 5|43 pages

New Knowledge and Nature

chapter 6|23 pages

Imagination, Metaphor, and Science Fiction

chapter 7|42 pages

Noble Revisited

chapter 8|17 pages

Conscientious Moral Commitments

part |2 pages

APPENDIX B History of the Nanotechnology Initiative in the United States

chapter 33|3 pages

7 Appendix C: Interview Protocol

chapter 34|3 pages

2 Impact of Public Law