Chris Toumey illustrates how different groups of people involved with nanotechnology have different views on the history of the field and feel differently about its importance.
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Toumey, C. Why do we see history so differently?. Nature Nanotech 12, 611–612 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2017.138
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