Book Launch ''Nano meets Macro - Social Perspectives on Nanoscale Sciences and Technologies''

10.12.2009

An introduction to social perspectives on nanoscale sciences and technologies

The editors of the book "Nano meets Macro" are Kamilla Lein Kjølberg and GenØk's researcher Fern Wickson. This book explores the enormous diversity in social perspectives on the emergence of nanoscale sciences and technologies.

Interdisciplinary

Nano meets Macro is designed especially for use in interdisciplinary teaching and discussions with natural science students, but the richness of issues and perspectives makes it of interest to all researchers, practitioners and non-academics wanting an introduction to social perspectives on nanoscale sciences and technologies.

The diversity is structured by applying five broad categories: Philosophy, governance, science, representations and arts, and attention is drawn to important research lines and pertinent questions within and across these categories.
 

Prominent Contributors

The book contains chapters by prominent scholars and commentators in the field, such as Alfred Nordmann, Rob Doubleday, Lynn Frewer and Friends of the Earth. The chapter "Treating Nanoparticles with Precaution" is a collaboration between GenØk's senior research fellow Anne Myhr, Ph.D. student Frøydis Gillund and the editor Fern Wickson.

Science Fiction and Visual Art

To stimulate a thorough discussion the book includes pieces of science fiction and visual arts, as well as questions for reflection after each chapter.

Launch Discount!

To celebrate the launch of Nano meets Macro there is a 20% discount valid till 31st of January 2010!

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“The editors have compiled a beautifully diverse and timely collection on the social and cultural aspects of nano-scale science and engineering. With informed academic analysis, fresh-from-the-field NGO experience, and provocative images, fiction and poetry, their contribution is as multi-faceted as nano itself.”

Prof. David H. Guston
Arizona State University, USA

“For a generation, the humanities and the social sciences have developed valuable critical insights into the cultures of science and technology. Now nanotechnology challenges these disciplines to generate such insights more promptly and more lucidly than ever before. “Nano Meets Macro” shows us that the humanities and the social sciences can do that: we understand this new family of technologies better because of the insights represented in this book.”

Prof. Chris Toumey
University of South Carolina, USA