Advances in nanotechnology are transforming the ways of creating materials and products, leading society to the threshold od a second industrial revolution. However, future opportunities will depend significantly on how nanotechnology stakeholders deal with the short-term and long-term benefits, limitations, uncertainties, and risks of nanotechnology. They will be tasked with navigating a variety of new social and ethical challenges associated with areas such as privacy, the environment, energy, population, genetics, agriculture, food, and security. This book focuses on raising the awareness of nanotechnology stakeholders, which include undergraduate and graduate students; educators in sciences, engineering, business and public policy; engineers; business and finance professionals; and policy makers. It also addresses the demands on the future workforce to learn new skill sets.
