Nanotechnology, the Brain, and the Future

Our brain is the source of everything that makes us human: language, creativity, rationality, emotion, communication, culture, politics. The neurosciences have given us, in recent decades, fundamental new insights into how the brain works and what th

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Yearbook of Nanotechnology in Society Volume 3

Series Editor David H. Guston, Arizona State University

For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/7583

Sean A. Hays • Jason Scott Robert Clark A. Miller • Ira Bennett Editors

Nanotechnology, the Brain, and the Future

Editors Sean A. Hays The Center for Nanotechnology in Society Arizona State University Tempe, AZ, USA

Jason Scott Robert The Center for Nanotechnology in Society Arizona State University Tempe, AZ, USA

Clark A. Miller The Center for Nanotechnology in Society Arizona State University Tempe, AZ, USA

Ira Bennett The Center for Nanotechnology in Society Arizona State University Tempe, AZ, USA

Chapters 11and 15 has been published in Nanoethics, Vol. 2, 2008, on pp. 241–249 and pp. 305–316 respectively. Chapter 14 has been published in Nature, Vol. 456 (No. 7223), 2008 on pp. 702–705. Chapter 18 has been published online in Journal of the Royal Society Interface on 2 June 2010, doi: 10.1098/rsif.2010.0158.focus, on pp. 1–12 Chapter 19 has been published in Recommendations for a Municipal Health & Safety Policy for Nanomaterials: A Report to the Cambridge City Manager, 2008, on pp. 1–14. Chapter 20 has been published in the conference Nanotechnology in Cambridge: What Do You Think? (May 22, 2008) ISBN 978-94-007-1786-2 ISBN 978-94-007-1787-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-1787-9 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012937038 © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher c