Toward a new dimension : exploring the nanoscale
Marcovich, AnneAuthor
Shinn, TerryContributor
Shinn, TerryAuthor
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.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 14, 2014).
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?
Nanoscience
Nanotechnology
Atomic Physics
Physics
Physical Sciences & Mathematics