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| Preface |
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Davis Baird and Arie Rip
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| Understanding Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies |
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Sarah R. Davies, Ulrich Fiedeler, Arianna Ferrari and Christopher Coenen
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| Objects in Nanotechnology |
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Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent
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| Vision Assessment of Nanotechnology - The Role of Vision in Research Programmes |
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Ulrich Fiedeler
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| Buying Time - Using Nanotechnologies and Other Emerging Technologies for a Sustainable Future |
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Thomas Vogt
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| Organising Collective Responsibility: On Precaution, Codes of Conduct and Understanding Public Debate |
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Renè von Schomberg
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| Nanotechnology Discourses and the Politics of Risk in European Media |
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Pádraig Murphy and Valeria Delle Cave
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| Nanotechnology and the U.S.National Innovation System: Continuity and Change |
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David C. Mowery
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| Science Policy as Discourse. The Governance of Nanotechnology in the United Kingdom |
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Matthias Wienroth and Matthew B. Kearnes
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| From Bio to Nano? Governing through Ethical Speech in France |
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Sabine Könninger
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| Expert Opinion on Emerging Technologies Oversight: Lessons for Nanotechnology from Biotechnology |
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Jennifer Kuzma, Aliya Kuzhabekova, Susanna Priest and Laura Yerhot
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| Agrifood Nanotechnology: Is This Anything? |
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Paul B. Thompson
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| Toward a 'Socially Responsive' Agrifood Nanotechnology: Using Extension to Assess and Link Local Knowledges with Public Policies |
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John V. Stone
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| Towards Safety and Sustainability by Design: Nano-sized TiO2 in Sunscreens |
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Johannes F. Jacobs, Ibo van de Poel and Patricia Osseweijer
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| S.NET: A (Post-)Academic Society for the Study of Emerging Technosciences: Report on the First S.NET Conference, Seattle 2009 |
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Christopher Coenen and Mundo Yang
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About the Editor and Contributors
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