Paperback Popular Science

In the Swedish Research Council´s book serie Pocketerad populärvetenskap - ‘Paperback Popular Science´ - researchers reply to questions on topical issues. Readers get a chance to encounter researchers from various research fields who provide easily accessible, down-to-earth and coherent surveys of research on topical public issues.

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Paperback Popular Science editions

Where gold glints blue - Scientists on the Nanorevolution (2008)

Nanotechnology is making inroads in our everyday lives. The coming nanorevolution is comparable to the development of trains, cars and computers. In Where Gold Glints Blue, researchers describe how nanotechnology may change the foundations of life in the future, and the opportunities and risks that the new technology affords. Nanotechnology concerns us all, and will transform our lives. This is the English version of Där guld glimmar blått - forskare om den lilla nanorevolutionen (2007).
 
Price: SEK 65 (VAT incl.)
ISBN 978-91-7307-137-6
Editor: Kristina Sundbaum Authors: Ann Fernholm, Erika Ingvald, Elisabeth Sjöstedt Illustrator: Jesper Waldersten Art Director: Erik Hagbard Couchér Editorial Board: Bengt Westerberg (ordf.), Eleanor Campbell, Bengt Fadeel, Göran Hermerén, Maria Strömme, Lars Samuelson, Kajsa Uvdal

In Swedish:

Steget före - forskare om hur framtidens vuxna mår i dag (2009)
Hotbilder och hjärnspöken - forskare om terrorism (2008
Bakom vansinnet - forskare om psyke, våld och rädsla (2007)
Den hemliga koden, aktuell forskning om läsning (2006)