Nanotechnology

<p>An Accessible Scientifically Rigorous Presentation That Helps Your Students Learn the Real Stuff<br><br><strong>Winner of a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book Award 2011</strong><em>… takes the revolutionary concepts and techniques that have traditionally been fodder for graduate study and makes them accessible for all. … outstanding introduction to the broad field of nanotechnology provides a solid foundation for further study. <b>…</b> Highly recommended.</em><b>—</b>N.M. Fahrenkopf University at Albany <i>CHOICE Magazine </i>2011<br><br>Give your students the thorough grounding they need in nanotechnology. A rigorous yet accessible treatment of one of the world’s fastest growing fields <b>Nanotechnology: Understanding Small Systems Third Edition</b> provides an accessible introduction without sacrificing rigorous scientific details. This approach makes the subject matter accessible to students from a variety of disciplines. Building on the foundation set by the first two bestselling editions this third edition maintains the features that made previous editions popular with students and professors alike. </p><p>See What’s New in the Third Edition:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Updated coverage of the eight main facets of nanotechnology</li> <li>Expanded treatment of health/environmental ramifications of nanomaterials</li> <li>Comparison of macroscale systems to those at the nanoscale showing how scale phenomena affects behavior</li> <li>New chapter on nanomedicine</li> <li>New problems examples and an exhaustive nanotech glossary</li> </ul><p>Filled with real-world examples and original illustrations the presentation makes the material fun and engaging. The systems-based approach gives students the tools to create systems with unique functions and characteristics. Fitting neatly between popular science books and high-level treatises the book works from the ground up to provide a gateway into an exciting and rapidly evolving area of science.</p>