Impact of science & technology on society books

8581 books were found.

The Ethics of Invention: Technology and the Human Future

The Ethics of Invention: Technology and the Human Future...

Author: Sheila Jasanoff (Harvard University)
ISBN: 9780393078992
Format: Hardback
$46.95

We live in a world increasingly governed by technology—but at what cost?  Read More >>

Case Studies in e-Government 2.0: Changing Citizen Relationships

Case Studies in e-Government 2.0: Changing Citizen Relationships...

Author: Imed Boughzala ,  Marijn Janssen
ISBN: 9783319355979
Format: Paperback
$232.88

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Fundiert forschen: Wissenschaftliche Bildung für Promovierende und Postdocs

Fundiert forschen: Wissenschaftliche Bildung für Promovierende...

Author: Hanna Kauhaus ,  Norbert Krause
ISBN: 9783658155742
Format: Paperback
$116.41

Der Sammelband zeigt, wie dem akademischen Nachwuchs eine kritische Reflexion auf die eigene Wissenschaft, auf deren...  Read More >>

Wissenschaft und Spiritualität: Universum, Leben, Geist – Zwei Wege zu den großen Geheimnissen

Wissenschaft und Spiritualität: Universum, Leben, Geist...

Author: Lars Jaeger
ISBN: 9783662502839
Format: Paperback
$92.37

Lars Jaeger begibt sich in diesem Buch auf eine spannende Spurensuche nach der Verbindung zweier scheinbar konträrer...  Read More >>

The Meaning of Liberty Beyond Earth

The Meaning of Liberty Beyond Earth

Author: Charles S. Cockell
ISBN: 9783319377407
Format: Paperback
$258.72

The purpose of this book is to initiate a new discussion on liberty focusing on the infinite realms of space. The...  Read More >>

Social Science and Historical Perspectives: Society, Science, and Ways of Knowing

Social Science and Historical Perspectives: Society,...

Author: Jack David Eller
ISBN: 9781138675803
Format: Hardback
$284.00

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Modified: GMOs and the Threat to Our Food, Our Land, Our Future

Modified: GMOs and the Threat to Our Food, Our Land,...

Author: Caitlin Shetterly
ISBN: 9780399170676
Format: Hardback
$55.00

"Modified is a rare breed of book that will at once make you weep at the majestic beauty of our Great Plains and...  Read More >>

Human Nature in an Age of Biotechnology: The Case for Mediated Posthumanism

Human Nature in an Age of Biotechnology: The Case for...

Author: Tamar Sharon
ISBN: 9789402405989
Format: Paperback
$232.85

The potential of biotechnology to alter and enhance the human body challenges the very notion of what a human being...  Read More >>

Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene

Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene...

Author: Donna J. Haraway
ISBN: 9780822362142
Format: Hardback
$284.99

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Physics of Societal Issues: Calculations on National Security, Environment, and Energy

Physics of Societal Issues: Calculations on National...

Author: David Hafemeister
ISBN: 9781493950287
Format: Paperback
$145.17

This book offers tools to analyze complex societal issues using insights gained from informed estimates and calculations....  Read More >>

Nanotechnology for Sustainable Development

Nanotechnology for Sustainable Development

Author: Mamadou S. Diallo ,  Neil A. Fromer
ISBN: 9783319381190
Format: Paperback
$413.97

The world is facing great challenges in meeting rising demands for basic commodities (e.g., food, water, and energy),...  Read More >>

Inclusive Human Machine Interaction for India: A Case Study of Developing Inclusive Applications for the Indian Population

Inclusive Human Machine Interaction for India: A Case...

Author: Pradipta Biswas
ISBN: 9783319358895
Format: Paperback
$155.22

This digital divide becomes more prominent in developing countries as state-of-the-art interactive systems were...  Read More >>

Majesty in Monotony: Everyday Things With A Cosmic Perspective

Majesty in Monotony: Everyday Things With A Cosmic Perspective...

Author: Ariel Manzanares-Scisney
ISBN: 9781539434108
Format: Paperback
$50.13

"#BuyABookGiveABook Relaunch Promotion: FOR EVERY 5 PAPERBACK BOOKS SOLD, ONE FREE COPY WILL BE DONATED TO AN AT-RISK...  Read More >>

Big Data, Little Data, No Data: Scholarship in the Networked World

Big Data, Little Data, No Data: Scholarship in the Networked...

Author: Christine L. Borgman
ISBN: 9780262529914
Format: Paperback
$71.28

An examination of the uses of data within a changing knowledge infrastructure, offering analysis and case studies...  Read More >>

Infostorms: Why do we 'like'? Explaining individual behavior on the social net.

Infostorms: Why do we 'like'? Explaining individual...

Author: Vincent F. Hendricks ,  Pelle G. Hansen
ISBN: 9783319327648
Format: Paperback
$118.77

This detailed guide to navigating the bewildering superabundance of information in today's globalizing world draws...  Read More >>

Thomist Realism and the Linguistic Turn: Toward a More Perfect Form of Existence

Thomist Realism and the Linguistic Turn: Toward a More...

Author: John P. O’Callaghan
ISBN: 9780268042189
Format: Paperback
$126.72

Philosophers of all sorts will be richly rewarded by reading John O’Callaghan’s new book, Thomistic Realism and...  Read More >>

Social Science and Historical Perspectives: Society, Science, and Ways of Knowing

Social Science and Historical Perspectives: Society,...

Author: Jack David Eller
ISBN: 9781138675797
Format: Paperback
$79.99

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Erkenntnis, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft: Wie Forschung Wissen schafft

Erkenntnis, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft: Wie Forschung...

Author: Wilfried Buchmüller ,  Cord Jakobeit
ISBN: 9783662499115
Format: Paperback
$79.17

Und wie ist das Verhältnis von Information, Wissen und Erkenntnis?Der Band leistet einen Beitrag dazu, die große...  Read More >>

Humans Are Underrated: What High Achievers Know That Brilliant Machines Never Will

Humans Are Underrated: What High Achievers Know That...

Author: Geoff Colvin
ISBN: 9780143108375
Format: Paperback
$63.36

What hope will there be for us when computers take over most of the tasks that people now get paid to do? Humans...  Read More >>

The Meaning and Value of Spaceflight: Public Perceptions

The Meaning and Value of Spaceflight: Public Perceptions...

Author: William Sims Bainbridge
ISBN: 9783319381060
Format: Paperback
$206.97

This book presents the most serious and comprehensive study, by far, of American public perceptions about the meaning...  Read More >>

The Brain Electric

The Brain Electric

Author: Malcolm Gay
ISBN: 9780374536411
Format: Paperback
$52.80

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The Four-Dimensional Human: Ways of Being in the Digital World

The Four-Dimensional Human: Ways of Being in the Digital...

Author: Laurence Scott
ISBN: 9780393353075
Format: Paperback
$32.25

You are a four-dimensional human.  Read More >>

European Modernism and the Information Society: Informing the Present, Understanding the Past

European Modernism and the Information Society: Informing...

Author: W. Boyd Rayward
ISBN: 9781138253414
Format: Paperback
$114.00

Uniting a team of international and interdisciplinary scholars, this volume considers the views of early twentieth-century...  Read More >>

Technology: Corporate and Social Dimensions

Technology: Corporate and Social Dimensions

Author: N.S. Siddharthan ,  K. Narayanan
ISBN: 9789811016837
Format: Hardback
$310.47

This volume deals with the role and impact of technology on the economy and society. The papers on corporate dimensions...  Read More >>

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