ABSTRACT

This book charts the development of nanotechnology in relation to society from the early years of the twenty-first century. It offers a sustained analysis of the life of nanotechnology, from the laboratory to society, from scientific promises to societal governance, and attempts to modulate developments.

chapter 1|9 pages

Introduction

The life and times of nanotechnology and its governance

chapter 4|19 pages

Folk theories of nanotechnologists

chapter 5|26 pages

Emerging de facto agendas surrounding nanotechnology

Two cases full of contingencies, lock-outs, and lock-ins

chapter 7|20 pages

De facto governance of nanotechnologies