<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bowman, Diana M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hodge, Graeme A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Binks, Peter</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Are we really the prey? nanotechnology as science and science fiction</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bulletin of Science, Technology &amp; Society</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2007</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12/2007</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">27</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">435-445</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">English</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Using the example of Michael Crichton's novel Prey as an example, the author looks at the role popular culture can play in shaping the public acceptance of emerging technologies like nanotechnology. The author concludes that popular culture will be a key factor in informing public belief about the coming nano-age, and calls for governments and the scientific community to be proactive in differentiating fact from fiction for the benefit of the public.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bulletin of Science, Technolgy &amp; Society</style></custom1><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">435</style></section></record></records></xml>