Abstract:Koos van der BruggenJürgen Altmann, Military Nanotechnology. Potential Applications and Preventive Arms Control. Routledge London/New York 2006.Most technologies have their roots in civil technical universities and in research laboratories of private enterprises. But in history there is hardly any technology that has not been used -or abused -for military purposes. A well-known example is nuclear technology. The discoveries of Einstein and others in the first half of the twentieth century were applied to devel… Show more
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