Impact of science & technology on society books

8577 books were found.

Starchild: The Human Meanings of the Big Bang Cosmos

Starchild: The Human Meanings of the Big Bang Cosmos...

Author: Don Lago
ISBN: 9781935514312
Format: Paperback
$39.47

With a deep sense of wonder, with the personal, poetic style of literary nature writing, Lago explores the Big Bang...  Read More >>

The Myth of Resource Efficiency: The Jevons Paradox

The Myth of Resource Efficiency: The Jevons Paradox...

Author: John M. Polimeni ,  Kozo Mayumi
ISBN: 9781844078134
Format: Paperback
$59.95

'The Jevons Paradox', which was first expressed in 1865 by William Stanley Jevons in relation to use of coal, states...  Read More >>

Living the Information Society in Asia

Living the Information Society in Asia

Author: Erwin Alampay
ISBN: 9789812308733
Format: Paperback
$118.54

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The Computer Culture Reader

The Computer Culture Reader

Author: Joseph R. Chaney ,  Ken S. McAllister
ISBN: 9781847185563
Format: Hardback
$103.47

The Computer Culture Reader brings together a multi-disciplinary group of scholars to probe the underlying structures...  Read More >>

Nanotechnology: Consequences for Human Health and the Environment

Nanotechnology: Consequences for Human Health and the...

Author: R E Hester (University of York, UK) ,  R M Harrison (University of Birmingham, UK)
ISBN: 9781847559562
Format: Paperback
$155.12

This comprehensive book discusses some of the more controversial issues associated with the field including: nanoparticles...  Read More >>

Heidegger and the Earth: Essays in Environmental Philosophy

Heidegger and the Earth: Essays in Environmental Philosophy...

Author: Ladelle McWhorter ,  Gail Stenstad
ISBN: 9780802099884
Format: Hardback
$145.00

In this newly revised and greatly expanded edition of Heidegger and the Earth, the contributors approach contemporary...  Read More >>

Swimming Against the Tide: African American Girls and Science Education

Swimming Against the Tide: African American Girls and...

Author: Sandra Hanson
ISBN: 9781592136223
Format: Paperback
$68.51

Explains that although many young minority girls are interested in science, the racism and sexism in the field discourage...  Read More >>

Beyond Technocracy: Science, Politics and Citizens

Beyond Technocracy: Science, Politics and Citizens

Author: Massimiano Bucchi ,  Adrian Belton
ISBN: 9780387895215
Format: Hardback
$340.56

The more that science advances, such as with stem cells, GMOs, or nuclear energy, the more society seems to resist....  Read More >>

Principles of Philosophy

Principles of Philosophy

Author: Rene Descartes
ISBN: 9781604597400
Format: Paperback
$14.52

"This is a translation of 327 articles omitted by the Haldane and Ross edition of this work (taken from the Latin...  Read More >>

Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century

Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture:...

Author: Henry Jenkins (Professor, University of Southern California) ,  Ravi Purushotma
ISBN: 9780262513623
Format: Paperback
$36.96

"Shifting the conversation about the ""digital divide"" from questions of technological access to questions about...  Read More >>

Rational Cosmology

Rational Cosmology

Author: Laurens Perseus Hickok
ISBN: 9781429018166
Format: Paperback
$65.87

"""""With our American Philosophy and Religion series, Applewood reissues many primary sources published throughout...  Read More >>

Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project

Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings...

Author: Mizuko Ito (Professor in Residence at the University of California Humanities Research Institute) ,  Heather A. Horst (Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow, RMIT University)
ISBN: 9780262513654
Format: Paperback
$36.96

The summary of an ambitious three-year ethnographic investigation into the uses of new media in varied settings...  Read More >>

The Civic Potential of Video Games

The Civic Potential of Video Games

Author: Joseph Kahne (Dean of the School of Education, Mills College) ,  Ellen Middaugh (Senior Research Associate of the Civic Engagement Research Group; Research Specialist at UC Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley)
ISBN: 9780262513609
Format: Paperback
$36.96

"According to a 2006 survey, 58 percent of young people aged 15 to 25 were civically ""disengaged,"" meaning that...  Read More >>

Accident Prone: A History of Technology, Psychology, and Misfits of the Machine Age

Accident Prone: A History of Technology, Psychology,...

Author: John Burnham
ISBN: 9780226081175
Format: Hardback
$92.95

Technology demands uniformity from human beings who encounter it. People encountering technology, however, differ...  Read More >>

The Cluetrain Manifesto

The Cluetrain Manifesto

Author: Rick Levine ,  Christopher Locke
ISBN: 9780465018659
Format: Hardback
$65.87

Suitable for those interested in the Internet and e-commerce, and for those businesses who are navigating the topography...  Read More >>

Information and Communications for Development 2009: Extending Reach and Increasing Impact

Information and Communications for Development 2009:...

Author: World Bank
ISBN: 9780821376058
Format: Paperback
$105.60

Information and communications technologies (ICT) have been used to achieve development goals. This book focuses...  Read More >>

I-Muslims: Rewiring the House of Islam

I-Muslims: Rewiring the House of Islam

Author: Gary R. Bunt
ISBN: 9781850659501
Format: Paperback
$34.95

The internet has profoundly shaped how Muslims perceive Islam, and how Islamic societies and networks are evolving...  Read More >>

Typing Politics: The Role of Blogs in American Politics

Typing Politics: The Role of Blogs in American Politics...

Author: Richard Davis (Professor of Political Science, Professor of Political Science, Brigham Young University)
ISBN: 9780195373752
Format: Paperback
$57.95

The power of political blogs in American politics is now evident to anyone who follows it. In Typing Politics, Richard...  Read More >>

Contemporary Discourses on IE & C Theory & Practice

Contemporary Discourses on IE & C Theory & Practice...

Author: Theophilus K Gokah
ISBN: 9781606923603
Format: Hardback
$188.76

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Typing Politics: The Role of Blogs in American Politics

Typing Politics: The Role of Blogs in American Politics...

Author: Richard Davis (Professor of Political Science, Professor of Political Science, Brigham Young University)
ISBN: 9780195373769
Format: Hardback
$154.95

The power of political blogs in American politics is now evident to anyone who follows it. In Typing Politics, Richard...  Read More >>

The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society: Volume 5, Number 5

The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and...

Author: Bill Cope ,  Mary Kalantzis
ISBN: 9781863356558
Format: Hardback
$528.00

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Technology Infrastructure

Technology Infrastructure

Author: Cristiano Antonelli (University of Torino, Italy) ,  Albert N. Link (University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA)
ISBN: 9780415472661
Format: Hardback
$180.00

This volume seeks to understand technology infrastructure as an element of a sector’s technology platform and of...  Read More >>

The Economics of New Health Technologies: Incentives, Organization, and Financing

The Economics of New Health Technologies: Incentives,...

Author: Joan Costa-Font ,  Christophe Courbage
ISBN: 9780199550685
Format: Paperback
$93.95

Technological change in healthcare has led to huge improvements in health services and the health status of populations....  Read More >>

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