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View SchemaA Map of the Nanoworld: Sizing up the Science, Politics, and Business of the Infinitesimal
| Authors | Debashish Munshi, Priya Kurian, Robert V. Bartlett, Akhlesh Lakhtakia |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0510209 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0510209 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.futures.2006.08.003 |
| Journal | Futures 39 (2007) 432-452 |
Abstract
Mapping out the eight main nodes of nanotechnology discourse that have emerged in the past decade, we explore how various scientific, social, and ethical islands of discussion have developed, been recognized, and are being continually renegotiated. We do so by (1) identifying the ways in which scientists, policy makers, entrepreneurs, educators, and environmental groups have drawn boundaries on issues relating to nanotechnology; (2) describing concisely the perspectives from which these boundaries are drawn; and (3) exploring how boundaries on nanotechnology are marked and negotiated by various nodes of nanotechnology discourse.
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