Impact of science & technology on society books

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Normal Accidents: Living with High Risk Technologies

Normal Accidents: Living with High Risk Technologies...

Author: Charles Perrow
ISBN: 9786613379801
Format: Electronic book text
$118.80

<p> Normal Accidents analyzes the social side of technological risk. Charles Perrow argues that the conventional...  Read More >>

Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives

Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of...

Author: John Palfrey ,  Urs Gasser
ISBN: 9780465005154
Format: Hardback
$68.51

Two leading experts explain the brave new world inhabited by digital natives-the first generation born and raised...  Read More >>

The Numerati

The Numerati

Author: Stephen Baker (Stephen Baker Associates, Inc., New York) ,  Paul Michael Garcia
ISBN: 9781433249303
Format: Audio
$79.07

An urgent look at how a global math elite is predicting and altering our behaviorat work, at the mall, and in bed....  Read More >>

Porn & Pong: How Grand Theft Auto, Tomb Raider and Other Sexy Games Changed Our Culture

Porn & Pong: How Grand Theft Auto, Tomb Raider and Other...

Author: Damon Brown
ISBN: 9781932595369
Format: Paperback
$39.60

How the very male industries of video gaming and pornography grew and developed together.  Read More >>

Beyond: Business and Society in Transformation

Beyond: Business and Society in Transformation

Author: M. Raich ,  S. Dolan
ISBN: 9780230573215
Format: Hardback
$84.99

We are living in a world of transformation, and the world tomorrow will be very different from the world today,...  Read More >>

The Social Impact of Modern Biology

The Social Impact of Modern Biology

Author: Fuller Watson
ISBN: 9780415440912
Format: Hardback
$195.00

As our understanding of living processes, such as inheritance, grows, so do the possibilities of applying these...  Read More >>

Tokyo Phantasmagoria: An Analysis of Politics and Commodity Capitalism in Modern Japan Through the Eyes of Walter Benjamin

Tokyo Phantasmagoria: An Analysis of Politics and Commodity...

Author: Kenny Loui
ISBN: 9781599426761
Format: Paperback
$68.51

"As the sun set on the 20th century, a new age dawned in Japan. This new era, symbolized by the postmodern city...  Read More >>

The Numerati

The Numerati

Author: Stephen Baker (Stephen Baker Associates, Inc., New York) ,  Paul Michael Garcia
ISBN: 9781433249310
Format: Audio
$79.07

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

The Numerati

The Numerati

Author: Stephen Baker (Stephen Baker Associates, Inc., New York) ,  Paul Michael Garcia
ISBN: 9781433249297
Format: Audio
$158.40

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

In the Shadow of Progress: Being Human in the Age of Technology

In the Shadow of Progress: Being Human in the Age of...

Author: Eric Cohen
ISBN: 9781594032080
Format: Hardback
$39.99

As we welcome longer lives, we wonder if we will still value human life as we should. This book reflects on the...  Read More >>

Culture, Technology & Values: Ethical Dimensions of European Identity

Culture, Technology & Values: Ethical Dimensions of...

Author: Michael J Breen ,  Eamonn Conway
ISBN: 9781899820481
Format: Paperback
$79.17

This is the second volume of essays from the Centre for Culture, Technology and Values, and it carries on the standard...  Read More >>

Mechanical Sound: Technology, Culture, and Public Problems of Noise in theTwentieth Century

Mechanical Sound: Technology, Culture, and Public Problems...

Author: Karin Bijsterveld (Professor of Science, Technology, and Modern Culture, Maastricht University)
ISBN: 9780262026390
Format: Hardback
$113.52

Tracing efforts to control unwanted sound--the noise of industry, city traffic, gramophones and radios, and aircraft--from...  Read More >>

The Next Great Thing: The Sun, the Stirling Engine and the Drive to Change the World

The Next Great Thing: The Sun, the Stirling Engine and...

Author: Mark L. Shelton
ISBN: 9780393334036
Format: Paperback
$30.75

One of the major challenges of the coming century is how to keep our technological world working and still save...  Read More >>

If Every Voice is Sacred: A Truth and Reconciliation Path to Communication Justice

If Every Voice is Sacred: A Truth and Reconciliation...

Author: Bart Preecs
ISBN: 9781601455833
Format: Paperback
$34.19

The digital revolution is an opportunity to rebuild, reshape, and rewire today's powerful media empires. This book...  Read More >>

Culture, Technology & Values: Ethical Dimensions of European Identity

Culture, Technology & Values: Ethical Dimensions of...

Author: Michael J Breen ,  Eamonn Conway
ISBN: 9781899820498
Format: Hardback
$145.17

This is the second volume of essays from the Centre for Culture, Technology and Values, and it carries on the standard...  Read More >>

Mobile Communications

Mobile Communications

Author: Rich Ling ,  Per E Pedersen
ISBN: 9781848008359
Format: Undefined
$65.87

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Numerati

Numerati

Author: Stephen Baker (Stephen Baker Associates, Inc., New York) ,  Paul Michael Garcia
ISBN: 9781433249334
Format: Downloadable audio file
$105.47

Every day, we produce loads of data about ourselves simply by living in the modern world: We click web pages, flip...  Read More >>

Philosophy of the Social Sciences: 5 Questions

Philosophy of the Social Sciences: 5 Questions

Author: Diego Rios ,  Christoph Schmidt-Petri
ISBN: 9788792130129
Format: Paperback
$60.72

Philosophy of the Social Sciences: 5 Questions is a collection of original contributions from a distinguished score...  Read More >>

Hypnotic Mindcontrol Workshop II: Composite Strategy

Hypnotic Mindcontrol Workshop II: Composite Strategy...

Author: MR Augusto C Mel
ISBN: 9781500454418
Format: Paperback
$792.00

Anything is possible, Hypnotic Mindcontrol Workshop(r) proved that. It all began with a simple warning coming from...  Read More >>

Embodied Minds -- Technical Environments: Conceptual Tools for Analysis, Design & Training

Embodied Minds -- Technical Environments: Conceptual...

Author: Thomas Hoff ,  Cato A Bjørkli
ISBN: 9788251923415
Format: Paperback
$224.40

The deep integration of technology in our modern society forces us to rethink the relationship humans have to their...  Read More >>

Generation Text: Raising Well-Adjusted Kids in an Age of Instant Everything: Library Edition

Generation Text: Raising Well-Adjusted Kids in an Age...

Author: Michael Osit ,  Dan John Miller
ISBN: 9781423364153
Format: Audio
$217.14

Describes the impact that technology has on children's attitudes and identities along with advice for parents to...  Read More >>

Future Imperfect: Technology and Freedom in an Uncertainworld

Future Imperfect: Technology and Freedom in an Uncertainworld...

Author: David D Friedman
ISBN: 9786611775766
Format: Electronic book text
$343.20

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