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On Guidebooks, Lists and Nanotechnology

Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin and Daniel Moore, What is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter? Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, 293 pp, £22.99

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  1. For a more recent account of Drexler’s vision of molecular nanotechnology, see Drexler (2013).

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Kearnes, M. On Guidebooks, Lists and Nanotechnology. Minerva 51, 513–519 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11024-013-9241-y

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