NANOTECHNOLOGY The Business
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loginWeb resources that address societal implications of nanotechnology are plentiful but offer usually encapsulated or cursory information. On the other hand, comprehensive (but tedious) summary reports produced by research and marketing firms are suitable for the serious investor but require a major financial commitment to procure, and therefore are generally not available to the public at large. In addition, government entities, e.g., the National Nanotechnology Initiative (www.nano.gov), have generated com-prehensive reports on the societal impact of nanotechnology.2,3 Such docu-ments, although excellent, are generally not well known to the public sector. A reader-friendly, affordable book with commercial appeal that targets the nano-aware (as well as the unaware) layperson or expert in the field offers a convenient alternative to the options listed above
