Title

The Promises And Perils Of Nanoscience And Nanotechnology: Exploring Emerging Social And Ethical Issues

Keywords

Ethics; Nanoscience; Nanotechnology; Science education; Science-technology-society

Abstract

Rapid advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology are profoundly influencing the ways in which we conceptualize the world of the future, and human ability to manipulate matter at the atomic and molecular levels offers previously unimagined possibilities for scientific discovery and technological applications. The convergence of nanotechnology with biotechnology, information technology, cognitive science, and engineering may hold promise for the improvement of human performance at a number of levels. Based on a National Science Foundation-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program in nanoscience and nanotechnology at the University of Central Florida (summer 2002), a variety of social and ethical issues associated with these advances is discussed. Implications for the future of science-technology-society studies and K-16 science education also are presented.

Publication Date

8-1-2003

Publication Title

Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society

Volume

23

Issue

4

Number of Pages

236-245

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/0270467603256078

Socpus ID

0042977666 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0042977666

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