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Nanotechnology Toward the Sustainocene

by Thomas A. Faunce

 “This is a book designed to challenge the reader. Its goal is to lay out the scientific and technological hurdles that need to be understood and mastered if we are to reach the ‘Sustainocene’—a unique period in human history when human civilisation is in some form of dynamic equilibrium with the natural environment. The individual chapters capture important technologies that may help us get to the Sustainocene, such as solar energy, nuclear power, and nanotechnology. This book also highlights the often forgotten point that these technological breakthroughs will necessarily demand huge legal, social and cultural shifts across the globe. We need to start the conversation now if we are to maintain our fragile hold on the only planet we have. That conversation starts with this book.

Prof. Paul Mulvaney, University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Format: eBook
  • ISBN: 9789814463775
  • Subject: Environmental Chemistry
  • Published: November 2014
  • Pages: 300