Impact of science & technology on society books

The Cold War saw scientists in East and West racing to create amazing new technologies, the like of which the world...  Read More >>

The authors of The Driver in the Driverless Car reveal how tech companies hook our brains to keep clicks going...  Read More >>

The authors of The Driver in the Driverless Car reveal how tech companies hook our brains to keep clicks going...  Read More >>

If work is hell, then what is working from home? What happens when we take our lives online? How are we being changed...  Read More >>

This book deals with the problem of dual-use science research and technology. It first explains the concept of dual...  Read More >>

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We tell stories about who we are. Through telling these stories, we connect with others and affirm our own sense...  Read More >>

Are the systems of intelligent persuasion developed by today's tech giants a threat to human freedom? Drawing on...  Read More >>

Information technology plays a growing role in all types of education and several chapters are devoted to describing...  Read More >>

Alexus McLeod explores every aspect of the lesser-known history of astronomy in the Americas (Mesoamerica and North...  Read More >>

This book presents a multidisciplinary perspective on chance, with contributions from distinguished researchers...  Read More >>

The technology revolution has made it critical for all children to understand science, technology, engineering,...  Read More >>

Are the systems of intelligent persuasion developed by today's tech giants a threat to human freedom? Drawing on...  Read More >>

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This book investigates the complex, sometimes fraught relationship between phenomenology and the natural sciences....  Read More >>

This volume covers a wide range of topics in the most recent debates in the philosophy of mathematics, and is dedicated...  Read More >>

This book is the first all-encompassing exploration of the role of demons inphilosophical and scientific thought...  Read More >>

In fact, as a result of its clear and engaging approach to understanding scientific knowledge The Nature of Scientific...  Read More >>

This volume collects reflections on the role of philosophy in case studies in the history of science.  Read More >>

​This book describes argumentative tools and strategies that can be used to guide policy decisions under conditions...  Read More >>

This book advocates the importance and value of errors for the progress of scientific research! It compares natural...  Read More >>

"本書的內容是我於2012年春季在北京師範大學舉辦的系列講座，它們涉及全球世界和全球化的各個方面。我在其中首次向中國讀者如此詳細而全面地展示一個跨學科的新方向----全球學的形成。儘管全球學的""年齡""只有幾十年，但是，它已經在現代科學知識體系裡站穩了自己的位置。從本書的內容可以看出，全球學的主要任務是從各門科學的立場研究全球過程、全球化以及人類的全球性問題。同時，哲學在全球學裡被賦予了非常重要的作用。哲學使得我們可以把當代世界看作一個統一整體，人與社會......  Read More >>

Everything Flows explores the metaphysical thesis that the living world is not made up of substantial particles...  Read More >>

Andrew Steane reconfigures the public understanding of science, by drawing on a deep knowledge of physics and by...  Read More >>