Impact of science & technology on society books

8577 books were found.

Emerging Technologies: From Hindsight to Foresight

Emerging Technologies: From Hindsight to Foresight

Author: Edna F. Einsiedel
ISBN: 9780774815482
Format: Hardback
$248.16

Addresses the ethical, legal, and social dimensions of emerging technologies and assesses their social and policy...  Read More >>

The NUM3RATI

The NUM3RATI

Author: Stephen Baker (Stephen Baker Associates, Inc., New York) ,  Paul Michael Garcia
ISBN: 9781433276859
Format: Mixed media product
$158.37

Every day, we produce loads of data about ourselves just by living in the modern world. Now, a group of mathematicians...  Read More >>

Technology and the Rest of Culture

Technology and the Rest of Culture

Author: Arien Mack
ISBN: 9780814250709
Format: Paperback
$65.87

This work identifies the many ways in which technology shapes our society, investigating whether culture has an...  Read More >>

The Future of Post-Human Engineering: A Preface to a New Theory of Technology

The Future of Post-Human Engineering: A Preface to a...

Author: Peter Baofu, PhD
ISBN: 9781443801751
Format: Hardback
$116.41

Why should mass media be informational and accurate as much as its proponents would claim-and, conversely, disinformational...  Read More >>

Beyond Human

Beyond Human

Author: Benford and Malartre ,  Elisabeth Malartre
ISBN: 9780765310835
Format: Paperback
$23.99

Would your body work better with some artificial parts? Will you live longer, perhaps a lot longer, than you now...  Read More >>

Scientific Cultures - Technological Challenges: A Transatlantic Perspective

Scientific Cultures - Technological Challenges: A Transatlantic...

Author: Klaus Benesch ,  Meike Zwingenberger
ISBN: 9783825355807
Format: Hardback
$129.36

In 11 original essays highly reputed scholars from both the United States and Europe take a fresh look at the plurality...  Read More >>

The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind...

Author: James Boyle
ISBN: 9780300137408
Format: Hardback
$75.24

Argues that just as every informed citizen needs to know at least something about the environment or civil rights,...  Read More >>

Creativity and the Global Knowledge Economy

Creativity and the Global Knowledge Economy

Author: Michael Adrian Peters ,  Simon Marginson
ISBN: 9781433104268
Format: Paperback
$89.63

This is a major work by three international scholars at the cutting edge of new research that investigates the emerging...  Read More >>

Stationen. Dem Philosophen und Physiker Moritz Schlick zum 125. Geburtstag

Stationen. Dem Philosophen und Physiker Moritz Schlick...

Author: Edwin Glassner ,  Friedrich Stadler
ISBN: 9783211715802
Format: Hardback
$168.95

Der erste Band enthält elf Artikel zu den Themen Naturphilosophie und Physik einerseits (Relativitätstheorie, Quantenphysik)...  Read More >>

Allgemeine Erkenntnislehre: Abteilung I / Band 1

Allgemeine Erkenntnislehre: Abteilung I / Band 1

Author: Moritz Schlick ,  Hans Jürgen Wendel
ISBN: 9783211327685
Format: Hardback
$333.95

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Women, Technologynd the Myth of Progress- (Value Pack W/Mylab Search)

Women, Technologynd the Myth of Progress- (Value Pack...

Author: Eileen B Leonard
ISBN: 9780205678914
Format: Mixed media product
$121.26

MySearchLab provides students with a complete understanding of the research process so they can complete research...  Read More >>

The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet

The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy...

Author: Daniel J. Solove
ISBN: 9780300144222
Format: Paperback
$32.95

Offers an account of how the Internet is transforming gossip, the way we shame others, and our ability to protect...  Read More >>

Self-Service in the Internet Age: Expectations and Experiences

Self-Service in the Internet Age: Expectations and Experiences...

Author: David Oliver ,  Celia Romm Livermore
ISBN: 9781848002067
Format: Hardback
$284.60

Dave Oliver, Celia Romm and Fay Sudweeks This book follows previous texts: Celia Romm and Fay Sudweeks (eds) (1998),...  Read More >>

The Ethics of Technological Risk

The Ethics of Technological Risk

Author: Lotte Asveld ,  Sabine Roeser
ISBN: 9781844076383
Format: Hardback
$156.00

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Mobile Peer-To-Peer Computing for Next Generation Distributed Environments

Mobile Peer-To-Peer Computing for Next Generation Distributed...

Author: Boon-Chong Seet (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand) ,  Boon-Chong Seet (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)
ISBN: 9781282172128
Format: Electronic book text
$514.80

Peer-to-peer computing has gained significant attention from both industry and research communities in the past...  Read More >>

Handbook of Research on Multi-Agent Systems: Semantics and Dynamics of Organizational Models

Handbook of Research on Multi-Agent Systems: Semantics...

Author: Virginia Dignum (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
ISBN: 9781281943422
Format: Electronic book text
$699.60

Organizational design plays a critical role in the development of larger and more complex multi-agent systems (MAS)....  Read More >>

Cognitive and Emotional Processes in Web-Based Education

Cognitive and Emotional Processes in Web-Based Education...

Author: Constantinos Mourlas (National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece) ,  Nikos Tsianos (National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)
ISBN: 9781282159723
Format: Electronic book text
$514.80

A preliminary classification of individual characteristics that affect the outcome of learning procedures is the...  Read More >>

Exploration of Space, Technology, and Spatiality: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Exploration of Space, Technology, and Spatiality: Interdisciplinary...

Author: Phil Turner, Dr (University of Liverpool, UK Napier University, UK)
ISBN: 9781281787651
Format: Electronic book text
$617.76

The emerging study of technology in space has been shaping human interaction with physical, social, and technological...  Read More >>

Information Technology and Constructivism in Higher Education

Information Technology and Constructivism in Higher...

Author: Carla R Payne (Union Institute and University of Vermont College, USA) ,  Carla R Payne (Union Institute and University of Vermont College, USA)
ISBN: 9781282130722
Format: Electronic book text
$514.80

Constructivism and the deployment of information technology into higher education classrooms are each widely discussed...  Read More >>

Handbook of Research on Socio-Technical Design and Social Networking Systems

Handbook of Research on Socio-Technical Design and Social...

Author: Brian Whitworth (Massey University (Albany), Auckland, New Zealand) ,  Brian Whitworth (Massey University (Albany), Auckland, New Zealand)
ISBN: 9781281994844
Format: Electronic book text
$1306.80

The focus of this book is not how to make technology more efficient, nor even how technology harms or helps society,...  Read More >>

Electronic Constitution

Electronic Constitution

Author: Francesco Amoretti (University of Salerno, Italy) ,  Francesco Amoretti (University of Salerno, Italy)
ISBN: 9781282130524
Format: Electronic book text
$514.80

Creative advancements in the field of information technology are rapidly transforming and reinventing former governmental...  Read More >>

Numerati

Numerati

Author: Stephen Baker (Stephen Baker Associates, Inc., New York)
ISBN: 9781299885639
Format: Electronic book text
$39.47

Steve Baker puts his finger on perhaps the most important cultural trend today: the explosion of data about every...  Read More >>

Word of Mouse, The: New Age of Networked Media

Word of Mouse, The: New Age of Networked Media

Author: Jim Banister
ISBN: 9781306444576
Format: Electronic book text
$65.87

An essential guide to how the rapid convergence of media and digital technology will unfold over the coming years,...  Read More >>

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