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Instrumental community : probe microscopy and the path to nanotechnology /

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In this volume, the author argues that this technology-centric view does not explain how these microscopes helped to launch nanotechnology - and fails to acknowledge the agency of the microscopists in making the STM and its variants critically important tools.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mody, Cyrus C. M. (Cyrus Cawas Maneck), 1974-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011.
Series:Inside technology
Subjects:
Nanotechnology > Research > United States.
Nanotechnology > Research > Europe.
Scanning probe microscopy.
Intellectual cooperation > Case studies.
Scientists > United States > Interviews.
Scientists > Europe > Interviews.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:In this volume, the author argues that this technology-centric view does not explain how these microscopes helped to launch nanotechnology - and fails to acknowledge the agency of the microscopists in making the STM and its variants critically important tools.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 260 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN:9780262298186
026229818X
128332170X
9781283321709
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9780262134941.001.0001