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Toward a new dimension : exploring the nanoscale
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marcovich, Anne, Author.
- Shinn, Terry, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nanoscience.
- Nanotechnology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Anne Marcovich and Terry Shinn present key historical moments in the birth and evolution of nanoscience in the last 30 years. The book identifies key historical moments and episodes in the birth and evolution of nanoscience, discusses the novel repertory of epistemological concerns of practitioners, and signals sociological propensities.
- Contents:
- Mainstays of nanoscale research
- Worlds of nanophysics
- The scale of life?
- Epistemological frames and practices
- The role of combinatorials in structuring NSR cognitive trajectories
- Which disciplinarity for nanoscale research?
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 14, 2014).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-178292-0
- OCLC:
- 897008500
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