Innovation, Dual Use, and Security
Managing the Risks of Emerging Biological and Chemical Technologies
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- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
30 March 2012
Summary
A framework for assessing the security risks of emerging dual-use technologies and devising tailored governance strategies is proposed and applied to contemporary case studies.Recent advances in disciplines such as biotechnology, nanotechnology, and neuropharmacology entail a “dual-use dilemma” because they promise benefits for human health and welfare yet pose the risk of misuse for hostile purposes. The emerging field of synthetic genomics, for example, can produce custom DNA molecules for …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262516969 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262516969 |
| Author: | Jonathan B. Tucker, Richard Danzig |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 30 March 2012 |
| Weight: | 590g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 178mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Innovation, Dual Use, and Security |
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…The book gives an excellent comprehensive analysis of the dual-use dilemma for technologies that have not only beneficial uses but also the potential to cause serious harm. It is a valuable resource for bioethics or biotechnology courses and should surely generate great class discussions.
* Choice *Innovation, Dual Use, and Security was brought to completion under extraordinary circumstances. Quibbles aside, it is stuffed with fascinating information interpreted by people who know their chosen subjects. It is well written, well edited, and even well copy edited. I have seen no better book on this subject.
– Robert Hunt Sprinkle * BioScience *About The Author
Jonathan B. Tucker
The late Jonathan B. Tucker was a Senior Fellow at the Federation of American Scientists. He was the editor of Toxic Terror- Assessing Terrorist Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons (MIT Press, 2000) and the author of Scourge- The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox and War of Nerves- Chemical Warfare from World War I to Al-Qaeda.The late Jonathan B. Tucker was a Senior Fellow at the Federation of American Scientists. He was the editor of Toxic Terror- Assessing Terrorist Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons (MIT Press, 2000) and the author of Scourge- The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox and War of Nerves- Chemical Warfare from World War I to Al-Qaeda.The late Jonathan B. Tucker was a Senior Fellow at the Federation of American Scientists. He was the editor of Toxic Terror- Assessing Terrorist Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons (MIT Press, 2000) and the author of Scourge- The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox and War of Nerves- Chemical Warfare from World War I to Al-Qaeda.The late Jonathan B. Tucker was a Senior Fellow at the Federation of American Scientists. He was the editor of Toxic Terror- Assessing Terrorist Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons (MIT Press, 2000) and the author of Scourge- The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox and War of Nerves- Chemical Warfare from World War I to Al-Qaeda.The late Jonathan B. Tucker was a Senior Fellow at the Federation of American Scientists. He was the editor of Toxic Terror- Assessing Terrorist Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons (MIT Press, 2000) and the author of Scourge- The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox and War of Nerves- Chemical Warfare from World War I to Al-Qaeda.Jonathan D. Moreno is David and Lyn Silfen University Professor of Ethics and Professor of Medical Ethics and of the History and Sociology of Science at the University of PennsylvaniaThe late Jonathan B. Tucker was a Senior Fellow at the Federation of American Scientists. He was the editor of Toxic Terror- Assessing Terrorist Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons (MIT Press, 2000) and the author of Scourge- The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox and War of Nerves- Chemical Warfare from World War I to Al-Qaeda.
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