What Is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter? - Allhoff, Fritz (Western Michigan University, USA) a Lin, Patrick (California Polytechnic State University, USA) a Moore, Daniel (Semiconductor Solutions, IBM)

What Is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter? provides a balanced understanding of this important emerging technology and the social and ethical issues that come from it. The text starts with an introduction to the science of nanotechnology, and attends to basic issues and principles needed to evaluate nanotechnology's impact.