Nanotechnology
By: Noah Berlatsky, book editor
Series: Opposing viewpoints series; Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780737769616; 9780737769623
Subjects: Science & Nature; Nanotechnology; Physics; JUVENILE NONFICTION
Description: "This title addresses various issues related to nanotechnology, including what the relationship between public perception and nanotechnology is, how nanotechnology will affect health, how nanotechnology will affect the environment, and how nanotechnology will affect international relations"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: ch. 1.; title: What is the relationship between public perception and nanotechnology?; title: Nanotechnology's popularity in science fiction suggests that it can change the world  -- Art Molella; title: Nanotechnology's science-fiction qualities have been publicly overhyped  -- Howard Lovy; title: Fear of nanotechnology has resulted in terrorist violence  -- Marion Lloyd and Jeffrey R. Young; title: Few people fear the risks of nanotechnology  -- Susanna Priest; title: The US public knows little about nanotechnology, but mildly supports it  -- John Besley; title: Religious individuals tend to be less supportive of nanotechnology  -- Dominique Brossard, Dietram A. Scheufele, Eunkyung Kim, and Bruce V. Lewenstein -- ch. 2.; title: How will nanotechnology affect health?; title: Nanotechnology shows promise for delivering medications more effectively  -- Munyaradzi Makoni; title: Nanotechnology may help treat cancer  -- Carolyn Y. Johnson; title: Nanoparticles can cause lung damage, but scientists can reduce risk  -- Oxford University Press; title: Amid nanotech's dazzling promise, health risks grow  -- Andrew Schneider -- ch. 3.; title: How will nanotechnology affect the environment?; title: Nanotechnology may present dangerous environmental risks  -- Heather Millar; title: Nanotechnology can be beneficial for the environment  -- Veranja Karunaratne, Nilwala Kottegoda, and Ajith de Alwis; title: Nanotechnology's environmental benefits are overstated  -- International POP's Elimination Network and the European Environmental Bureau; title: Nanotechnology can help provide clean water worldwide  -- Katharine Sanderson; title: Nanotechnology may provide innovative solutions to climate change  -- Miguel Esteban, Christian Webersik, David Leary, and Dexter Thompson-Pomeroy; title: Nanotechnology is unlikely to provide solutions to climate change  -- Ian Illuminato and Georgia Miller -- ch. 4.; title: How will nanotechnology affect international relations?; title: Nanotechnology could alleviate many of the problems of the developing world  -- Jacob Heller and Christine Peterson; title: More regulation and risk assessment of nanotechnology is needed in developing countries  -- Alok Dhawan and Vyom Sharma; title: Asian nanotech research is threatening to surpass that of the West  -- Tom Mackenzie; title: Future wars will be waged with nano-weapons  -- Lev Navrozov; title: International laws must be developed to regulate nanoweaponry -- Thomas Alured Faunce and Hitoshi Nasu.