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Michele L Mekel

2006

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Review Of "Nano-Hype: The Truth Behind The Nanotechnology Buzz", Michele L. Mekel Sep 2006

Review Of "Nano-Hype: The Truth Behind The Nanotechnology Buzz", Michele L. Mekel

Michele L Mekel

The hype - both positive and negative - surrounding nanotechnology dwarfs its industry and its present panoply of products. No pun is intended by this statement, nor is it meant as a slight to the field. This phenomenon of nanotechnology hype is laid out in clever prose and in well-footnoted detail by David Berube, professor of communication studies in the Department of English at the University of South Carolina, in his book, "Nano-hype: The Truth Behind the Nanotechnology Buzz."


Nanotechnologies: Small Science, Big Potential, And Bigger Issues, Michele L. Mekel Jan 2006

Nanotechnologies: Small Science, Big Potential, And Bigger Issues, Michele L. Mekel

Michele L Mekel

Ethical, legal, and social implications must be taken into account when considering environmental, health, and safety issues, as well as the constitution of human nature. The hyperbole related to emerging technologies must be broken down around the marketing of nanotechnologies in order to discuss, much more candidly, pressing ethical and legal risks.