Impact of science & technology on society books

8571 books were found.

The Probiotic Planet: Using Life to Manage Life

The Probiotic Planet: Using Life to Manage Life

Author: Jonathan Cowley ,  Jamie Lorimer
ISBN: 9798200187287
Format: Audio
$52.77

"""Jamie Lorimer offers a sweeping overview of diverse probiotic approaches and an insightful critique of their...  Read More >>

Unchipped Luna

Unchipped Luna

Author: Taya Devere
ISBN: 9789527404126
Format: Paperback
$25.85

All she wants to do is to live a peaceful life, surrounded by her dogs and her books. Then she meets Jovan, the...  Read More >>

Virulent Zones: Animal Disease and Global Health at China's Pandemic Epicenter

Virulent Zones: Animal Disease and Global Health at...

Author: Lyle Fearnley
ISBN: 9781478011057
Format: Paperback
$73.79

Lyle Fearnley situates the production of ecological facts about the likely epicenter of viral pandemics inside the...  Read More >>

Virulent Zones: Animal Disease and Global Health at China's Pandemic Epicenter

Virulent Zones: Animal Disease and Global Health at...

Author: Lyle Fearnley
ISBN: 9781478009993
Format: Hardback
$271.79

Lyle Fearnley situates the production of ecological facts about the likely epicenter of viral pandemics inside the...  Read More >>

Einstein's Twin: Mind-Bending Puzzles and Paradoxes from the World of Science

Einstein's Twin: Mind-Bending Puzzles and Paradoxes...

Author: Jeremy Stangroom
ISBN: 9781635575866
Format: Hardback
$58.08

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What Is Life?: Understand biology in five steps

What Is Life?: Understand biology in five steps

Author: Sir Paul Nurse
ISBN: 9781922310262
Format: Hardback
$24.99

Life is all around us, abundant and diverse. It is truly a marvel. But what does it actually mean to be alive, and...  Read More >>

The Age of Low Tech: Towards a Technologically Sustainable Civilization

The Age of Low Tech: Towards a Technologically Sustainable...

Author: Philippe Bihouix (independent author and engineer)
ISBN: 9781529213270
Format: Paperback
$51.72

A best-seller in France, this English language edition introduces readers to an alternative perspective on our technological...  Read More >>

The Age of Low Tech: Towards a Technologically Sustainable Civilization

The Age of Low Tech: Towards a Technologically Sustainable...

Author: Philippe Bihouix (independent author and engineer)
ISBN: 9781529213263
Format: Hardback
$179.99

A best-seller in France, this English language edition introduces readers to an alternative perspective on our technological...  Read More >>

The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern Science

The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern...

Author: Michael Strevens (New York University)
ISBN: 9781631491375
Format: Hardback
$57.00

"""The Knowledge Machine is the most stunningly illuminating book of the last several decades regarding the all-important...  Read More >>

The Future Starts Here: An Optimistic Guide to What Comes Next

The Future Starts Here: An Optimistic Guide to What...

Author: John Higgs
ISBN: 9781474609401
Format: Paperback
$28.44

John Higgs is back with another surprising, eclectic book, this time looking to the future to make sense of who...  Read More >>

Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life

Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life

Author: John Gray ,  Simon Vance
ISBN: 9781665197229
Format: Audio
$34.29

Traditional Chinese edition of Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life  Read More >>

Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life

Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life

Author: John Gray ,  Simon Vance
ISBN: 9781665197212
Format: Audio
$34.29

Traditional Chinese edition of Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life  Read More >>

Hans Jonas: Life, Technology and the Horizons of Responsibility

Hans Jonas: Life, Technology and the Horizons of Responsibility...

Author: Lewis Coyne (University of Exeter, UK)
ISBN: 9781350102392
Format: Hardback
$200.00

Hans Jonas (1903–1993) was one of the most important German-Jewish philosophers of the 20th century. A student of...  Read More >>

Beyond Weird: Why Everything You Thought You Knew about Quantum Physics Is Different

Beyond Weird: Why Everything You Thought You Knew about...

Author: Philip Ball
ISBN: 9780226755106
Format: Paperback
$34.25

Originally published by The Bodley Head, 2018 --Title page verso.  Read More >>

Good Scientist: When Science and Service Combine

Good Scientist: When Science and Service Combine

Author: Abhijit Naskar
ISBN: 9798557808835
Format: Paperback
$24.39

"""Religion that doesn't evolve destroys the world in the name of faith and science that doesn't evolve destroys...  Read More >>

Science as Social Existence: Heidegger and the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge

Science as Social Existence: Heidegger and the Sociology...

Author: Jeff Kochan
ISBN: 9781013289484
Format: Paperback
$85.26

In this bold and original study, Jeff Kochan constructively combines the sociology of scientific knowledge (SSK)...  Read More >>

Human and Machine Consciousness

Human and Machine Consciousness

Author: David Gamez
ISBN: 9781013290107
Format: Paperback
$67.15

Consciousness is widely perceived as one of the most fundamental, interesting and difficult problems of our time....  Read More >>

Engineering a Better Future

Engineering a Better Future

Author: Jeffrey Y Tsao ,  Toluwalogo Odumosu
ISBN: 9781013276200
Format: Paperback
$93.02

This open access book examines how the social sciences can be integrated into the praxis of engineering and science,...  Read More >>

Hanging on to the Edges: Essays on Science, Society and the Academic Life

Hanging on to the Edges: Essays on Science, Society...

Author: Daniel (author) Nettle
ISBN: 9781013291449
Format: Paperback
$71.67

What does it mean to be a scientist working today; specifically, a scientist whose subject matter is human life?...  Read More >>

Hanging on to the Edges: Essays on Science, Society and the Academic Life

Hanging on to the Edges: Essays on Science, Society...

Author: Daniel (author) Nettle
ISBN: 9781013291456
Format: Hardback
$82.02

What does it mean to be a scientist working today; specifically, a scientist whose subject matter is human life?...  Read More >>

Human and Machine Consciousness

Human and Machine Consciousness

Author: David Gamez
ISBN: 9781013290114
Format: Hardback
$77.50

Consciousness is widely perceived as one of the most fundamental, interesting and difficult problems of our time....  Read More >>

Science as Social Existence: Heidegger and the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge

Science as Social Existence: Heidegger and the Sociology...

Author: Jeff Kochan
ISBN: 9781013289491
Format: Hardback
$95.61

In this bold and original study, Jeff Kochan constructively combines the sociology of scientific knowledge (SSK)...  Read More >>

Earth Observation Open Science and Innovation

Earth Observation Open Science and Innovation

Author: Christoph Aubrecht ,  Pierre-Philippe Mathieu
ISBN: 9781013269363
Format: Paperback
$102.08

Over the past decades, rapid developments in digital and sensing technologies, such as the Cloud, Web and Internet...  Read More >>

Deliberative Public Engagement With Science: An Empirical Investigation

Deliberative Public Engagement With Science: An Empirical...

Author: Lisa M Pytlikzillig ,  Myiah J Hutchens
ISBN: 9781013269301
Format: Paperback
$83.96

This compact open access reference delves beyond popular concepts of educated consumers and an informed public by...  Read More >>

Engineering a Better Future

Engineering a Better Future

Author: Jeffrey Y Tsao ,  Toluwalogo Odumosu
ISBN: 9781013276217
Format: Hardback
$103.37

This open access book examines how the social sciences can be integrated into the praxis of engineering and science,...  Read More >>

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