Preface and Acknowledgements
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Until very recently most people associated nanotechnology with science fictionbased accounts that tended to focus on fantastical devices and applications. With recent developments in nanoscience (for example greater control over atomic structure due in part to the atomic force microscope), nanotechnology has entered the commercial realm, and has simultaneously begun the journey of finding its space within the social imaginary. This book represents a leg of this journey. By exploring the risks and benefits of nano-derived processes and products, Nanotechnology: Risk, Ethics and Law considers the shifting social space that this technology currently occupies. By examining how nanotechnology has been ...
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