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Innovation and Nanotechnology


Author: David Koepsell
Source: Directory of Open Access Books
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN: 9781849664783
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This title presents explores how emerging nanotechnologies demand a new approach to scientific discovery. It develops a theory of authorship, artifacts and intentionality in relation to public policies and institutions. It concludes that localized manufacturing, distributed design and nanotechnology call into question intellectual property regimes.