Nanotechnology and Scientific Communication : Ways of Talking about Emerging Technologies and Their Impact on Society (2004-2008)

• Main Author: Bassett, Deborah R. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Engineering ethics.; Computers and civilization.; Nanotechnology.; Sociology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781349952014
• DOI: 10.1057/978-1-349-95201-4
• Physical Description: VII, 155 p. online resource.

This study examines findings from a 4-year-long ethnography of communication among a research university's community of scientists and engineers working in nanoscience and nanotechnology. It includes analysis of 20 in-depth interviews with scientists and engineers from 18 different disciplines...