Impact of science & technology on society books

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Warrior Geeks: How 21st Century Technology is Changing the Way We Fight and Think About War

Warrior Geeks: How 21st Century Technology is Changing...

Author: Christopher Coker
ISBN: 9781849042543
Format: Hardback
$59.95

As their roles become more demanding, specialised and far removed from their own inborn predispositions, will the...  Read More >>

Responsible Innovation – Managing the Responsible Emergence of Science and Innovation in Society

Responsible Innovation – Managing the Responsible Emergence...

Author: Richard Owen ,  John R. Bessant (University of Brighton)
ISBN: 9781118551424
Format: Digital
$382.80

With societies facing a bewildering number of emerging technologies, there is increasingly a call for a more responsible...  Read More >>

The Davey Dialogues

The Davey Dialogues

Author: John C Madden
ISBN: 9780991767519
Format: Paperback
$65.87

"Linking Science and Science History with Culture - Essential Science for the Non-scientist. The Davey Dialogues...  Read More >>

Lab Coats in Hollywood: Science, Scientists, and Cinema

Lab Coats in Hollywood: Science, Scientists, and Cinema...

Author: David A. Kirby (Senior Lecturer in Science Communication Studies, University of Manchester)
ISBN: 9780262518703
Format: Paperback
$49.99

How science consultants make movie science plausible, in films ranging from 2001: A Space Odyssey to Finding Nemo....  Read More >>

Constant Touch: A Global History of the Mobile Phone

Constant Touch: A Global History of the Mobile Phone...

Author: Jon Agar
ISBN: 9781848315075
Format: Hardback
$33.61

An intimate history the device that has transformed day-to-day life.  Read More >>

When Gadgets Betray Us: The Dark Side of Our Infatuation With New Technologies

When Gadgets Betray Us: The Dark Side of Our Infatuation...

Author: Robert Vamosi
ISBN: 9780465031382
Format: Paperback
$29.99

"""a revealing look at the dark underbelly of our rapidly advancing electronics""-Salon.com"  Read More >>

Humanizing the Web: Change and Social Innovation

Humanizing the Web: Change and Social Innovation

Author: H. Oinas-Kukkonen ,  Henry Oinas-Kukkonen
ISBN: 9781137305695
Format: Hardback
$84.99

Offers a vivid description of the ongoing transformation of the web into something that is widely recognized and...  Read More >>

Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think

Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live,...

Author: Viktor Mayer-Schonberger ,  Kenneth Niel Cukier
ISBN: 9780544002692
Format: Hardback
$71.28

A revelatory exploration of emerging trends in big data --the newfound ability to gather and interpret vast amounts...  Read More >>

A History of the Internet and the Digital Future

A History of the Internet and the Digital Future

Author: Johnny Ryan
ISBN: 9781780231129
Format: Paperback
$32.99

Now available in paperback, Johnny Ryan's book is a cogent history of the internet, as well as an analysis of the...  Read More >>

Garden Earth - From Hunter and Gatherer to Global Capitalism and Thereafter

Garden Earth - From Hunter and Gatherer to Global Capitalism...

Author: Gunnar Rundgren
ISBN: 9789198089226
Format: Paperback
$44.62

Our society and the capitalist market economy have failed to create well-being for many. Big parts of humanity are...  Read More >>

Returning to Reality: Thomas Merton's Wisdom for a Technological Age

Returning to Reality: Thomas Merton's Wisdom for a Technological...

Author: Phillip M. Thompson
ISBN: 9780718892951
Format: Paperback
$47.22

Thompson presents Merton (1915 - 1968) as an inspiration, offering an important critique and healing resources for...  Read More >>

Containing Russia's Nuclear Firebirds: Harmony and Change at the International Science and Technology Center

Containing Russia's Nuclear Firebirds: Harmony and Change...

Author: Glenn E. Schweitzer
ISBN: 9780820344348
Format: Paperback
$92.27

Explores the life and legacy of the International Science and Technology Center in Moscow. The author makes the...  Read More >>

Technology Diffusion and Adoption: Global Complexity, Global Innovation

Technology Diffusion and Adoption: Global Complexity,...

Author: Ali Hussein Zolait
ISBN: 9781466627918
Format: Hardback
$384.95

Discusses the emerging topics of information technology and the IT based solutions in global and multi-cultural...  Read More >>

Examining the Concepts, Issues, and Implications of Internet Trolling

Examining the Concepts, Issues, and Implications of...

Author: Jonathan Bishop
ISBN: 9781466628038
Format: Hardback
$373.95

Provides current research on the technical approaches as well as more social and behavioral involvements for gaining...  Read More >>

Containing Russia's Nuclear Firebirds: Harmony and Change at the International Science and Technology Center

Containing Russia's Nuclear Firebirds: Harmony and Change...

Author: Glenn E. Schweitzer
ISBN: 9780820338699
Format: Hardback
$319.31

Explores the life and legacy of the International Science and Technology Center in Moscow. The author makes the...  Read More >>

After Apollo

After Apollo

Author: Roger D. Launius
ISBN: 9780199731770
Format: Hardback
$41.95

This work is intended for the general reader interested in public affairs and popular culture as well as American...  Read More >>

Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future

Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the...

Author: Friedrich Nietzsche ,  Helen Zimmern
ISBN: 9781441718501
Format: Audio
$65.87

"""Beyond Good and Evil"" covers almost the whole range of Nietzsche's philosophical interests, from the ""will...  Read More >>

The Blind Giant: How to Survive in the Digital Age

The Blind Giant: How to Survive in the Digital Age

Author: Nick Harkaway
ISBN: 9781848546431
Format: Paperback
$26.99

Being Human in a Digital World.  Read More >>

Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People

Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People

Author: Mahzarin R. Banaji ,  Anthony G. Greenwald
ISBN: 9780553804645
Format: Hardback
$71.28

As the creators of numerous groundbreaking studies, Banaji and Greenwald show that prejudice and unconscious biases...  Read More >>

Programmed Visions: Software and Memory

Programmed Visions: Software and Memory

Author: Wendy Hui Kyong Chun (Professor, Brown University) ,  Matthew Fuller (David Gee Reader in Digital Media, Goldsmiths College, University of London)
ISBN: 9780262518512
Format: Paperback
$59.99

A theoretical examination of the surprising emergence of software as a guiding metaphor for our neoliberal world....  Read More >>

New Information Technologies in Organizational Processes: Field Studies and Theoretical Reflections on the Future of Work

New Information Technologies in Organizational Processes:...

Author: Ojelanki Ngwenyama ,  Lucas D. Introna
ISBN: 9781475759945
Format: Paperback
$448.77

A number of relatively new technologies, such as Enterprise Resource Planning systems, the Internet and intranets,...  Read More >>

Mars Direct: Space Exploration, the Red Planet, and the Human Future

Mars Direct: Space Exploration, the Red Planet, and...

Author: Robert Zubrin ,  Synnestvedt, Erik
ISBN: 9798200632244
Format: Audio
$10.51

The human race is at a crossroads. In the coming years, we will make decisions regarding our human spaceflight program...  Read More >>

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