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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781938203321

Autore

Mody Cyrus C. M (Cyrus Cawas Maneck), <1974->

Titolo

Instrumental community : probe microscopy and the path to nanotechnology / / Cyrus C.M. Mody

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2011

ISBN

0-262-29724-8

1-283-32170-X

9786613321701

0-262-29818-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 260 p.) : ill

Collana

Inside technology

Disciplina

620/.5

Soggetti

Nanotechnology - Research - United States

Nanotechnology - Research - Europe

Scanning probe microscopy

Intellectual cooperation

Scientists - United States

Scientists - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.