Progress in convergence : technologies for human wellbeing /

Progress in convergence : technologies for human wellbeing /

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Imprint:	Boston : Blackwell Pub. on behalf of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2006.
Description:	xiv, 369 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 0077-8923 ; v. 1093
Subject:	Biotechnology -- Social aspects -- Congresses. Technology -- Social aspects -- Congresses. Technological innovations -- Congresses. Medical technology -- Congresses. Interdisciplinary research -- Congresses. Biotechnology -- Social aspects. Interdisciplinary research. Medical technology. Technological innovations. Technology -- Social aspects. Conference papers and proceedings.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6246835

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Other authors / contributors:	Bainbridge, William Sims. Roco, Mihail C.
ISBN:	9781573316651 (alk. paper) 1573316652 (alk. paper)
Notes:	"Result of a meeting held on February 24-25, 2005 in Hawaii"--P. [vii]. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The Reality of Rapid Convergence a11
Part I. Perspectives on Convergence
1. Progress in Governance of Converging Technologies
2. Transformative Concepts in Scientific Convergence
3. Consillence and Convergence: The Ideas of E. O. Wilson
4. "Converging Technologies in Higher Education: A Paradigm for the "New" Liberal Arts?"
Part II. Nano-Bio-Info Technology
5. Biomimetic Nanotechnology
6. Signal-Transduci