Impact of science & technology on society books

8577 books were found.

Technological Slavery: The Collected Writings of Theodore J.Kaczynski, a.k.a. The

Technological Slavery: The Collected Writings of Theodore...

Author: Theodore J. Kaczynski, Ph.D ,  David Skrbina
ISBN: 9781932595802
Format: Paperback
$60.59

Sociopath? Absolutely! Prophetic genius? The First Amendment ensures that every reader gets to decide.  Read More >>

Biotechnology: Economic and Social Aspects: Issues for Developing Countries

Biotechnology: Economic and Social Aspects: Issues for...

Author: E. J. DaSilva ,  C. Ratledge (University of Hull)
ISBN: 9780511760075
Format: Undefined
$435.60

This book deals with an area of great importance: the issues involved in developing biotechnologically based industries...  Read More >>

Scientific Innovation, Philosophy, and Public Policy: Volume 13, Part 2

Scientific Innovation, Philosophy, and Public Policy:...

Author: Ellen Frankel Paul (Bowling Green State University, Ohio) ,  Fred D. Miller, Jr (Bowling Green State University, Ohio)
ISBN: 9780511570711
Format: Undefined
$435.60

Written by prominent philosophers, economists, and legal theorists, these essays offer valuable insights into the...  Read More >>

Determinants of Productivity in Indian Science

Determinants of Productivity in Indian Science

Author: A. V. S. Kamesh
ISBN: 9781443821575
Format: Hardback
$103.47

This book is an organizational study of the social aspects of science in India focusing on the determinants of productivity...  Read More >>

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains...

Author: Nicholas Carr
ISBN: 9780393072228
Format: Hardback
$55.00

Finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction: “Nicholas Carr has written a Silent Spring for the literary...  Read More >>

The Force of the Virtual: Deleuze, Science, and Philosophy

The Force of the Virtual: Deleuze, Science, and Philosophy...

Author: Peter Gaffney
ISBN: 9780816665983
Format: Paperback
$33.99

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Wrong: Why experts* keep failing us--and how to know when not to trust them *Scientists, finance wizards, doctors, relationship gurus, celebrity CEOs, high-powered consultants, health officials and more

Wrong: Why experts* keep failing us--and how to know...

Author: David H. Freedman
ISBN: 9780316023788
Format: Hardback
$49.00

An eye-opening exploration of why experts are constantly misleading us--and what we can do about it.  Read More >>

Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens our Future

Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens...

Author: Chris Mooney ,  Sheril Kirshenbaum
ISBN: 9780465019175
Format: Paperback
$39.60

Journalist and bestselling author Mooney and scientist Kirshenbaum offer an impassioned polemic about the dangers...  Read More >>

Poetry Of Physics And The Physics Of Poetry, The

Poetry Of Physics And The Physics Of Poetry, The

Author: Robert K Logan (Univ Of Toronto, Canada & Ontario College Of Art & Design, Canada)
ISBN: 9789814295932
Format: Paperback
$113.52

Suitable for a survey course in physics taught without mathematics, this title takes into account the social impact...  Read More >>

The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society: Volume 6, Number 4

The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and...

Author: Bill Cope ,  Mary Kalantzis
ISBN: 9781863357982
Format: Hardback
$528.00

** Contents available at http://ijt.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.42/prod.688 ** The International Journal of Technology,...  Read More >>

Scientific Way of Warfare: Order and Chaos on the Battlefields of Modernity

Scientific Way of Warfare: Order and Chaos on the Battlefields...

Author: Antoine J Bousquet (Birkbeck University of London) ,  Antoine J Bousquet (Birkbeck, University of London)
ISBN: 9780199326761
Format: Paperback
$76.43

Considers the impact of technologies and scientific ideas on the practice of warfare and the handling of the perennial...  Read More >>

Poetry Of Physics And The Physics Of Poetry, The

Poetry Of Physics And The Physics Of Poetry, The

Author: Robert K Logan (Univ Of Toronto, Canada & Ontario College Of Art & Design, Canada)
ISBN: 9789814295925
Format: Hardback
$168.96

Suitable for a survey course in physics taught without mathematics, this title takes into account the social impact...  Read More >>

Surveillance, Privacy, and the Globalization of Personal Information: International Comparisons

Surveillance, Privacy, and the Globalization of Personal...

Author: Elia Zureik ,  Lynda Harling Stalker
ISBN: 9780773537071
Format: Hardback
$131.87

An important review of opinions about surveillance and privacy.  Read More >>

A Space for Hate: The White Power Movement's Adaptation Into Cyberspace

A Space for Hate: The White Power Movement's Adaptation...

Author: Adam (Adam G ) Klein
ISBN: 9781936117079
Format: Paperback
$66.00

A study of the way hate groups, especially white supremacist groups, are using the Internet to spread their messages...  Read More >>

Technologies and Practices for Constructing Knowledge in Online Environments: Advancements in Learning (Premier Reference Source)

Technologies and Practices for Constructing Knowledge...

Author: Ertl
ISBN: 9781615209378
Format: Hardback
$384.95

"""This book details practices of and technologies for e-collaborative knowledge construction, providing insights...  Read More >>

The Force of the Virtual: Deleuze, Science, and Philosophy

The Force of the Virtual: Deleuze, Science, and Philosophy...

Author: Peter Gaffney
ISBN: 9780816665976
Format: Hardback
$217.80

"Gilles Deleuze once claimed that ""modern science has not found its metaphysics, the metaphysics it needs."" The...  Read More >>

Quei temerari sulle macchine volanti: Piccola storia del volo e dei suoi avventurosi interpreti

Quei temerari sulle macchine volanti: Piccola storia...

Author: Paolo Magionami
ISBN: 9788847015890
Format: Paperback
$105.47

Nel giugno del 1783 i fratelli Montgolfier aprirono la via delle nuvole con un mezzo “più leggero dell’aria”, la...  Read More >>

Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming

Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured...

Author: Naomi Oreskes ,  Erik M. Conway
ISBN: 9781596916104
Format: Hardback
$71.28

The troubling story of how a cadre of influential scientists have clouded public understanding of scientific facts...  Read More >>

Love + Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships

Love + Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot...

Author: David Levy ,  James Adams (University of Southern California USA)
ISBN: 9781433247378
Format: Audio
$264.00

From Pygmalion falling for his chiseled Galatea to Dr. Frankenstein marveling at his creature to the man-meets-machine...  Read More >>

Love + Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships

Love + Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot...

Author: David Levy ,  James Adams (University of Southern California USA)
ISBN: 9781433247408
Format: Audio
$79.07

From Pygmalion falling for his chiseled Galatea to Dr. Frankenstein marveling at his creature to the man-meets-machine...  Read More >>

Islam, Science, and the Challenge of History

Islam, Science, and the Challenge of History

Author: Ahmad Dallal
ISBN: 9780300159110
Format: Hardback
$72.60

Examines the significance of scientific knowledge and situates the culture of science in relation to other cultural...  Read More >>

Mobile Lives

Mobile Lives

Author: Anthony Elliott (University of South Australia, Australia) ,  John Urry (Lancaster University, UK)
ISBN: 9780415480222
Format: Paperback
$59.95

This book sets out, with remarkable clarity and insight, the contradictions of mobile societies and of mobile lives....  Read More >>

Growing Up Online: Young People and Digital Technologies

Growing Up Online: Young People and Digital Technologies...

Author: S. Weber ,  S. Dixon
ISBN: 9780230620018
Format: Paperback
$49.95

In this cutting-edge anthology, contributors examine the diverse ways in which girls and young women across a variety...  Read More >>

Biotechnology and Public Engagement in Europe

Biotechnology and Public Engagement in Europe

Author: J. Hansen
ISBN: 9780230242128
Format: Hardback
$154.00

Providing a comparison the most important instances of public engagement with biotechnology in Europe in recent...  Read More >>

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