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This document contains front matter, a table of contents, and the opening chapter of a 2005/2006 book edited by William Sims Bainbridge and Mihail C. Roco on converging technologies in society. It defines NBIC—the unification of Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Information technology, and Cognitive science—and details how these fields are progressively merging. The excerpt outlines the contents of the book, which addresses research policies, collaborative challenges, ethical dilemmas, and applications for human progress.
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