Impact of science & technology on society books

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The Nature of Technological Knowledge. Are Models of Scientific Change Relevant?

The Nature of Technological Knowledge. Are Models of...

Author: L. Laudan
ISBN: 9789048183944
Format: Paperback
$343.20

One of the ironies of our time is the sparsity of useful analytic tools for understanding change and development...  Read More >>

Science, Technology and the Military: Volume 12/1 & Volume 12/2

Science, Technology and the Military: Volume 12/1 &...

Author: Everett Mendelsohn ,  M. R. SMITH
ISBN: 9789048184545
Format: Paperback
$842.16

New institutional arrangements, new fields of study and research, new patterns of funding and support, new relations...  Read More >>

Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World

Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How...

Author: Jane McGonigal ,  Julia Whelan
ISBN: 9781455802234
Format: Pre-recorded MP3 player
$184.77

The future belongs to those who play games. In this ground-breaking book, visionary game designer Jane McGonigaI...  Read More >>

Darwin and Evolution: Interfaith Perspectives

Darwin and Evolution: Interfaith Perspectives

Author: Jacques Arnould
ISBN: 9781921817021
Format: Paperback
$58.08

This collection of essays looks at Darwin, Darwinism and evolution from several faith perspectives: Buddhism, Christianity,...  Read More >>

Knowledge, Complexity and Innovation Systems

Knowledge, Complexity and Innovation Systems

Author: Manfred M. Fischer ,  Josef Fröhlich
ISBN: 9783642075506
Format: Paperback
$393.36

An even more fundamental need is to understand how organisations create new knowledge if this knowledge creation...  Read More >>

Philosophical Essays: From Ancient Creed to Technological Man

Philosophical Essays: From Ancient Creed to Technological...

Author: Hans Jonas ,  Carl Mitcham (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
ISBN: 9780982706794
Format: Paperback
$39.99

A pivotal volume in the collected works of Hans Jonas (1903-1993), one of most important German-American philosophers...  Read More >>

Nature of Technology

Nature of Technology

Author: W.Brian Arthur
ISBN: 9781416544067
Format: Paperback
$42.24

Originally published in hardcover by Free Press in 2009.  Read More >>

Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World

Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How...

Author: Jane McGonigal
ISBN: 9781594202858
Format: Hardback
$71.15

Visionary game designer McGonigal reveals how we can harness the power of games to solve real-world problems and...  Read More >>

Towards the Information Society: The Case of Central and Eastern European Countries

Towards the Information Society: The Case of Central...

Author: D. Uhl ,  G. Banse
ISBN: 9783642074936
Format: Paperback
$168.83

Information and knowledge play an increasingly important role in the implementation of public policies, in particular...  Read More >>

Perspectives and Policies on ICT in Society: An IFIP TC9 (Computers and Society) Handbook

Perspectives and Policies on ICT in Society: An IFIP...

Author: Jacques Berleur ,  Chrisanthi Avgerou
ISBN: 9781441938091
Format: Paperback
$462.00

"Governments, the media, the information technology industry and scientists publicly argue that information and...  Read More >>

Education and the Knowledge Society: Information Technology Supporting Human Development

Education and the Knowledge Society: Information Technology...

Author: Tom J. van Weert
ISBN: 9781441954312
Format: Paperback
$488.40

Presents a cross-section of educational implications of the Knowledge Society (or Information Society), a society...  Read More >>

The Net Effect: Romanticism, Capitalism, and the Internet

The Net Effect: Romanticism, Capitalism, and the Internet...

Author: Thomas Streeter
ISBN: 9780814741160
Format: Paperback
$64.99

A book about America's romance with computer communication that looks at the internet, not as harbinger of the future...  Read More >>

Emerging Digital Spaces in Contemporary Society: Properties of Technology

Emerging Digital Spaces in Contemporary Society: Properties...

Author: Phillip Kalantzis-Cope ,  Karim Gherab-Martin
ISBN: 9780230273467
Format: Hardback
$84.99

Analyzing the relationship between digital technologies and society this book explores a wide range of complex social...  Read More >>

The Net Effect: Romanticism, Capitalism, and the Internet

The Net Effect: Romanticism, Capitalism, and the Internet...

Author: Thomas Streeter
ISBN: 9780814741153
Format: Hardback
$184.00

Looks at the internet, not as harbinger of the future or the next big thing, but as an expression of the times....  Read More >>

Science and Technology in a Developing World

Science and Technology in a Developing World

Author: T. Shinn ,  J. Spaapen
ISBN: 9789048147991
Format: Paperback
$683.76

"block possible Soviet expansion by mobilizing European ""democracies"", the policy soon extended to some developing...  Read More >>

Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World

Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How...

Author: Jane McGonigal ,  Julia Whelan
ISBN: 9781611064285
Format: Audio
$105.52

Visionary game designer McGonigal reveals how we can harness the power of games to solve real-world problems and...  Read More >>

Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World

Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How...

Author: Jane McGonigal ,  Julia Whelan
ISBN: 9781611064278
Format: Audio
$65.97

We are living in a world full of games. More than 31 million people in the UK are gamers. In this book, visionary...  Read More >>

Nexus: New Intersections in Internet Research

Nexus: New Intersections in Internet Research

Author: Daniel Araya ,  Yana Breindl
ISBN: 9781433109706
Format: Paperback
$92.27

Like the invention of the printing press, Internet is radically transforming the basic elements of modern civilization....  Read More >>

Communities and Technologies

Communities and Technologies

Author: M.H. Huysman ,  Etienne Wenger
ISBN: 9789048164189
Format: Paperback
$525.36

The papers treat subjects such as online communities, communities of practice, Community support systems, Digital...  Read More >>

From Man to Ape: Darwinism in Argentina, 1870-1920

From Man to Ape: Darwinism in Argentina, 1870-1920

Author: Adriana Novoa ,  Alex Levine
ISBN: 9780226596167
Format: Hardback
$112.95

"Upon its publication, ""The Origin of Species"" was critically embraced in Europe and North America. But how did...  Read More >>

Actor-Network Theory and Technology Innovation: Advancements and New Concepts

Actor-Network Theory and Technology Innovation: Advancements...

Author: Arthur Tatnall
ISBN: 9781609601973
Format: Hardback
$384.95

Provides a comprehensive look at the development of actor-network theory itself, as well as case studies of its...  Read More >>

Learning to Live in the Knowledge Society: IFIP 20th World Computer Congress, IFIP TC 3 ED-L2L Conference, September 7-10, 2008, Milano, Italy

Learning to Live in the Knowledge Society: IFIP 20th...

Author: Michael Kendall ,  Brian Samways
ISBN: 9781441935250
Format: Paperback
$393.36

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the IFIP TC3 ED-L2L Conference held in Milano, Italy on September...  Read More >>

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