Impact of science & technology on society books

8581 books were found.

The Ethnography of Rhythm: Orality and Its Technologies

The Ethnography of Rhythm: Orality and Its Technologies...

Author: Haun Saussy ,  Olga Solovieva (Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago)
ISBN: 9780823270460
Format: Hardback
$200.95

A history of the concept of orality (that is, the creation and transmission of literary works without the use of...  Read More >>

Renaissance Posthumanism

Renaissance Posthumanism

Author: Joseph Campana ,  Scott Maisano
ISBN: 9780823269556
Format: Hardback
$250.95

Renaissance Posthumanism brings together two historical periods—“Renaissance” signifying a rebirth of the ancient...  Read More >>

On the Existence of Digital Objects

On the Existence of Digital Objects

Author: Yuk Hui
ISBN: 9780816698905
Format: Hardback
$143.52

How can digital objects be understood according to individualizationand individuation? Yuk Hui creates a dialogue...  Read More >>

The Handy Technology Answer Book

The Handy Technology Answer Book

Author: Naomi E. Balaban ,  James E. Bobick
ISBN: 9781578595631
Format: Paperback
$39.99

Technology pervades our daily lives and modern society, and not just when it comes to computers and smart phones....  Read More >>

Open Codes: Skills, Participation and Democracy in New Technology Development

Open Codes: Skills, Participation and Democracy in New...

Author: Guido Nicolosi
ISBN: 9781443883733
Format: Hardback
$189.95

From a general perspective, as well as in scientific practice, technology and society are viewed as two distinct...  Read More >>

Synthetic Biology: A Sociology of Changing Practices

Synthetic Biology: A Sociology of Changing Practices...

Author: A. Balmer ,  K. Bulpin
ISBN: 9781137495419
Format: Hardback
$275.95

This book explores the emergence of a new scientific field, synthetic biology, and the many bold promises its proponents...  Read More >>

Philosophy of Science

Philosophy of Science

Author: Geoffrey Gorham ,  Robert Meldrum
ISBN: 9781489092533
Format: Audio
$26.37

The world hasn’t met with destruction on any of the long list of predicted doomsday dates, but the possibility may...  Read More >>

Neofinalism

Neofinalism

Author: Alyosha Ruyer ,  Raymond Ruyer
ISBN: 9780816692057
Format: Paperback
$39.99

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Digital_Humanities

Digital_Humanities

Author: Anne Burdick (Chair, Art Center College of Design) ,  Johanna Drucker (Breslauer Professor of Bibliographical Studies, UCLA)
ISBN: 9780262528863
Format: Paperback
$59.99

A visionary report on the revitalization of the liberal arts tradition in the electronically inflected, design-driven,...  Read More >>

Living with Complexity

Living with Complexity

Author: Donald A. Norman
ISBN: 9780262528948
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Why we don't really want simplicity, and how we can learn to live with complexity.  Read More >>

Essentials of Machine Olfaction and Taste

Essentials of Machine Olfaction and Taste

Author: Takamichi Nakamoto
ISBN: 9781118768488
Format: Hardback
$265.95

Essentials of Machine Olfaction and Taste This book provides a valuable information source for olfaction and taste...  Read More >>

Rebooting India: Realizing a Billion Aspirations

Rebooting India: Realizing a Billion Aspirations

Author: Nandan Nilekani ,  Viral Shah
ISBN: 9780241003923
Format: Paperback
$50.00

For many aspects of how our countries are run - from social security and fair elections to communication, and the...  Read More >>

Make Energy Cool: A Blueprint to Make the Future of Energy Our Own

Make Energy Cool: A Blueprint to Make the Future of...

Author: Sagi Aloni ,  Cheri Hanson
ISBN: 9781530385652
Format: Paperback
$19.40

From morning to night, we rely on energy to heat our homes, run our appliances and power our favourite devices....  Read More >>

Heartificial Intelligence: Embracing Our Humanity to Maximize Machines

Heartificial Intelligence: Embracing Our Humanity to...

Author: John C. Havens (John Havens)
ISBN: 9780399171710
Format: Paperback
$49.99

As we program machines to be more like humans, how will they know what we value, if we don't know ourselves? Algorithms...  Read More >>

Political Biology: Science and Social Values in Human Heredity from Eugenics to Epigenetics

Political Biology: Science and Social Values in Human...

Author: M. Meloni
ISBN: 9781137377715
Format: Hardback
$197.95

This book explores the socio-political implications of human heredity from the second half of the nineteenth century...  Read More >>

Power, Surveillance, and Culture in YouTube™'s Digital Sphere

Power, Surveillance, and Culture in YouTube™'s Digital...

Author: Matthew Crick
ISBN: 9781466698550
Format: Hardback
$432.95

"""This book examines the imaginative, socioeconomic, and innovative features of the video sharing community of...  Read More >>

How To Fly A Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery

How To Fly A Horse: The Secret History of Creation,...

Author: Kevin Ashton
ISBN: 9780099591771
Format: Paperback
$27.99

WINNER OF THE 800-CEO-READ BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2015 In the vein of Susan Cain's QUIET and Malcolm Gladwell's...  Read More >>

Cryptocurrency: The ultimate go-to guide for the Bitcoin curious

Cryptocurrency: The ultimate go-to guide for the Bitcoin...

Author: Paul Vigna ,  Michael J. Casey
ISBN: 9781784700737
Format: Paperback
$35.00

From Silicon Valley to the streets of Beijing, this is a book about a revolution in the making, a story of human...  Read More >>

The Allied Occupation and Japan's Economic Miracle: Building the Foundations of Japanese Science and Technology 1945-52

The Allied Occupation and Japan's Economic Miracle:...

Author: Bowen C. Dees
ISBN: 9781138966499
Format: Paperback
$92.99

There is virtually nothing - until the arrival of this study - addressing the significance of the enormous contributions...  Read More >>

Innovation in China: The Chinese Software Industry

Innovation in China: The Chinese Software Industry

Author: Shang-Ling Jui
ISBN: 9781138992498
Format: Paperback
$62.99

A key question for China is whether it can progress from being a traditional centre of manufacturing to becoming...  Read More >>

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