Nanotalk : conversations with scientists and engineers about ethics, meaning, and belief in the development of nanotechnology / by Rosalyn W. Berne.

Mahwah, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2006.

xvi, 361 pages ; 24 cm

Russell -- Introduction: Narrative and the voices of research: scientists and engineers -- I. ETHICS: The nanotechnology "revolution" -- Three dimensions of nanoethics -- II. MEANING: Conceptual frameworks, themes, and values --Meaning making -- III. BELIEF: New knowledge and nature -- Imagination, metaphor, and science fiction -- Noble revisited -- Conscientious moral commitments -- Appendix A: Methodology and preliminary research findings -- Appendix B: History of the Nanotechnology Initiative in the United States -- Appendix C: Interview protocol -- Appendix D: 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-349) and indexes.