Impact of science & technology on society books

8581 books were found.

dot Complicated: Untangling Our Wired Lives

dot Complicated: Untangling Our Wired Lives

Author: Randi Zuckerberg
ISBN: 9780062285157
Format: Paperback
$42.21

With Dot Complicated: Untangling Our Wired Lives, new media pioneer Randi Zuckerberg offers an entertaining and...  Read More >>

Domesticity in the Making of Modern Science

Domesticity in the Making of Modern Science

Author: Donald L. Opitz ,  Staffan Bergwik
ISBN: 9781137492722
Format: Hardback
$249.95

The history of the modern sciences has long overlooked the significance of domesticity as a physical, social, and...  Read More >>

What the British Invented: From the Great to the Downright Bonkers

What the British Invented: From the Great to the Downright...

Author: Gilly Pickup
ISBN: 9781445650272
Format: Hardback
$33.61

A fun history of some of Britain’s weird and wonderful inventions  Read More >>

A Theology for a Mediated God: How Media Shapes Our Notions About Divinity

A Theology for a Mediated God: How Media Shapes Our...

Author: Dennis Ford (degrees at Macalester College (BA), Iliff School of Theology (M.Div.), and Syracuse University (Ph.D.))
ISBN: 9781138928169
Format: Paperback
$79.99

A Theology for a Mediated God introduces a new way to examine the shaping effects of media on our notions of God...  Read More >>

Nanosciences and Nanotechnology: Evolution or Revolution?

Nanosciences and Nanotechnology: Evolution or Revolution?...

Author: Jean-Michel Lourtioz ,  Marcel Lahmani
ISBN: 9783319193595
Format: Hardback
$302.74

This book provides information to the state of art of research in nanotechnology and nano medicine and risks of...  Read More >>

New Perspectives on Technology, Values, and Ethics: Theoretical and Practical

New Perspectives on Technology, Values, and Ethics:...

Author: Wenceslao J. Gonzalez
ISBN: 9783319218694
Format: Hardback
$206.97

This book focuses on a key issue today: the role of values in technology, with special emphasis on ethical values....  Read More >>

Mobile Participation: Access, Interaction and Practices

Mobile Participation: Access, Interaction and Practices...

Author: Christelle Scharff ,  Caroline Wamala-Larsson
ISBN: 9781443880640
Format: Hardback
$189.95

This volume brings together papers from academics and practitioners on specific issues related to mobile participation...  Read More >>

The Work of the Sun: Literature, Science, and Political Economy, 1760–1860

The Work of the Sun: Literature, Science, and Political...

Author: T. Underwood
ISBN: 9781349529285
Format: Paperback
$181.95

At the end of the Eighteenth century, British writers began to celebrate work in a strangely indirect way. The Work...  Read More >>

The Scientific and Industrial Revolution of Time

The Scientific and Industrial Revolution of Time

Author: M.E. Beggs Humpreys ,  D.W. Humphreys
ISBN: 9780415759311
Format: Paperback
$60.99

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Beyond Biofatalism: Human Nature for an Evolving World

Beyond Biofatalism: Human Nature for an Evolving World...

Author: Gillian Barker
ISBN: 9780231171885
Format: Hardback
$61.95

Are we “hard-wired” for disaster? Or do new findings in evolution, development, and behavior show that human beings...  Read More >>

BITS of Belonging: Information Technology, Water, and Neoliberal Governance in India

BITS of Belonging: Information Technology, Water, and...

Author: Simanti Dasgupta
ISBN: 9781439912584
Format: Hardback
$225.72

India’s global success in the Information Technology industry has also prompted the growth of neoliberalism and...  Read More >>

Cybercrime Risks and Responses: Eastern and Western Perspectives

Cybercrime Risks and Responses: Eastern and Western...

Author: Russell G. Smith ,  Ray Cheung
ISBN: 9781137474155
Format: Hardback
$204.95

This book examines the most recent and contentious issues in relation to cybercrime facing the world today, and...  Read More >>

Digital Culture and Religion in Asia

Digital Culture and Religion in Asia

Author: Sam Han (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) ,  Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
ISBN: 9780415521857
Format: Hardback
$315.00

This book critically analyses the connections between religion and digital media in a range of East Asian countries....  Read More >>

Pillars of Computing: A Compendium of Select, Pivotal Technology Firms

Pillars of Computing: A Compendium of Select, Pivotal...

Author: Gerard O'Regan
ISBN: 9783319214634
Format: Hardback
$77.60

This accessible compendium examines a collection of significant technology firms that have helped to shape the field...  Read More >>

Science and Society: Understanding Scientific Methodology, Energy, Climate, and Sustainability

Science and Society: Understanding Scientific Methodology,...

Author: Eric S. Swanson
ISBN: 9783319219868
Format: Hardback
$155.22

It challenges readers to examine the problems we face (and their own beliefs) in light of the scientific method.With...  Read More >>

We Are All Stardust: Scientists Who Shaped Our World Talk about Their Work, Their Lives, and What They Still Want to Know

We Are All Stardust: Scientists Who Shaped Our World...

Author: Stefan Klein ,  Ross Benjamin
ISBN: 9781615190591
Format: Paperback
$39.47

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We Are Generation Z: How Identity, Attitudes, and Perspectives Are Shaping Our Future

We Are Generation Z: How Identity, Attitudes, and Perspectives...

Author: Vivek Pandit
ISBN: 9781612542188
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Award-winning author and Generation Z member Vivek Pandit shares his insider's perspective on what it means to be...  Read More >>

Mayday!: A History of Flight through its Martyrs, Oddballs and Daredevils

Mayday!: A History of Flight through its Martyrs, Oddballs...

Author: David Darling
ISBN: 9781780744094
Format: Paperback
$19.99

The story of those who looked to the skies and dared to dream of flight  Read More >>

Places of the Heart: The Psychogeography of Everyday Life

Places of the Heart: The Psychogeography of Everyday...

Author: Colin Ellard
ISBN: 9781942658009
Format: Paperback
$34.99

A neuroscientist illuminates how we make and are made by the world both real and virtual  Read More >>

Is Legal Reasoning Irrational? An Introduction to the Epistemology of Law: Second Edition

Is Legal Reasoning Irrational? An Introduction to the...

Author: John Woods
ISBN: 9781848901629
Format: Paperback
$32.99

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Creating Scientific Controversies: Uncertainty and Bias in Science and Society

Creating Scientific Controversies: Uncertainty and Bias...

Author: David Harker (East Tennessee State University)
ISBN: 9781107069619
Format: Hardback
$225.09

This is the first book-length introductory study of the concept of a created scientific controversy, providing a...  Read More >>

Manuel Cardona: Memories and Reminiscences

Manuel Cardona: Memories and Reminiscences

Author: Klaus Ensslin ,  Luis Viña
ISBN: 9783319203423
Format: Hardback
$162.99

This book pays tribute to an extraordinary researcher and personality, Manuel Cardona. The short contributions deal...  Read More >>

Digital Identities: Creating and Communicating the Online Self

Digital Identities: Creating and Communicating the Online...

Author: Rob Cover (Discipline Chair, Media and Communication Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia)
ISBN: 9780124200838
Format: Paperback
$158.27

Online Identities: Creating and Communicating the Online Self presents a critical investigation of the ways in which...  Read More >>

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