Impact of science & technology on society books

8577 books were found.

Against Technology: From the Luddites to Neo-Luddism

Against Technology: From the Luddites to Neo-Luddism...

Author: Steven E. Jones
ISBN: 9780415978682
Format: Paperback
$56.00

"Against Technology addresses the question of what it might mean today to be a Luddite--that is, to take a stand...  Read More >>

States of Fear: Science or Politics?

States of Fear: Science or Politics?

Author: Michael Crichton
ISBN: 9781598130072
Format: DVD
$52.67

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Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions about Intelligent Design

Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions...

Author: William A Dembski ,  William Dembski
ISBN: 9798200497874
Format: Audio
$52.75

Is it science? Is it religion? What exactly is the Design Revolution? // Today scientists, mathematicians and philosophers...  Read More >>

Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions about Intelligent Design

Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions...

Author: William A Dembski ,  William Dembski
ISBN: 9798200497867
Format: Audio
$52.75

Is it science? Is it religion? What exactly is the Design Revolution? // Today scientists, mathematicians and philosophers...  Read More >>

Future Hype: The Myths of Technology Change

Future Hype: The Myths of Technology Change

Author: Bob Seidensticker
ISBN: 9781576753705
Format: Hardback
$27.99

The general public has come to accept that technology is the greatest new growth frontier with an infinite amount...  Read More >>

The Economics of Innovation, New Technologies and Structural Change

The Economics of Innovation, New Technologies and Structural...

Author: Cristiano Antonelli (University of Torino, Italy)
ISBN: 9780415406437
Format: Paperback
$62.00

This excellent, comprehensive and authoritative book, by a respected expert in the field of the economics of innovation,...  Read More >>

Sex, Drugs and DNA: Science's Taboos Confronted

Sex, Drugs and DNA: Science's Taboos Confronted

Author: Michael Stebbins
ISBN: 9781403993427
Format: Hardback
$65.87

Now available in paperback following huge critical acclaim. In a frank, edgy and entertaining style that pulls no...  Read More >>

Information and Communications for Development: Global Trends and Policies

Information and Communications for Development: Global...

Author: World Bank
ISBN: 9780821363461
Format: Paperback
$105.60

Addresses the role played by information and communication technologies (ICTs) in encouraging social and economic...  Read More >>

Science and Social Inequality: Feminist and Postcolonial Issues

Science and Social Inequality: Feminist and Postcolonial...

Author: Sandra Harding
ISBN: 9780252073045
Format: Paperback
$49.99

Makes the argument that the philosophy and practices of Western science, contrary to its enlightenment mission,...  Read More >>

The Cell Phone Reader: Essays in Social Transformation

The Cell Phone Reader: Essays in Social Transformation...

Author: Anandam P. Kavoori ,  Noah Arceneaux
ISBN: 9780820479194
Format: Hardback
$79.07

The Cell Phone Reader offers a diverse, eclectic set of essays that examines how this rapidly evolving technology...  Read More >>

Art and Fear

Art and Fear

Author: Paul Virilio
ISBN: 9780826487964
Format: Paperback
$32.95

Traces the twin development of art and science over the twentieth century. In the author's provocative and challenging...  Read More >>

The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology

The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology...

Author: Ray Kurzweil
ISBN: 9780715635612
Format: Paperback
$39.99

A radical and optimistic view of the future course of human development from the bestselling author of How to Create...  Read More >>

Technology in Society - Society in Technology

Technology in Society - Society in Technology

Author: Orn D. Jonsson ,  Edward H. Huijbens
ISBN: 9789979955986
Format: Paperback
$90.56

"This book contains a selection of talks given at the conference ""Technology in Society - Society in Technology"",...  Read More >>

Scandalous Knowledge: Science, Truth, and the Human

Scandalous Knowledge: Science, Truth, and the Human...

Author: Barbara Herrnstein Smith
ISBN: 9780822338482
Format: Paperback
$60.59

Argues that postmodern relativism (and related critiques of science studies) is a thoroughly straw construction...  Read More >>

What We Believe But Cannot Prove: Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty

What We Believe But Cannot Prove: Today's Leading Thinkers...

Author: John Brockman
ISBN: 9780060841812
Format: Paperback
$26.39

A collection of thought-experiments from scientists, on what they believe to be true, but can't yet prove. This...  Read More >>

Play Between Worlds: Exploring Online Game Culture

Play Between Worlds: Exploring Online Game Culture

Author: T. L. Taylor (Associate Professor in Comparative Media Studies, MIT)
ISBN: 9780262201636
Format: Hardback
$84.35

A study of Everquest that provides a snapshot of multiplayer gaming culture, questions the truism that computer...  Read More >>

Consumer's Guide to a Brave New World

Consumer's Guide to a Brave New World

Author: Wesley J Smith ,  Brian Emerson
ISBN: 9780786170401
Format: Audio
$166.32

"What is embryonic stem cell research? Why is it so controversial? What is its relationship to human cloning? Events...  Read More >>

The Information Society in an Enlarged Europe

The Information Society in an Enlarged Europe

Author: Soumitra Dutta ,  Arnoud De Meyer
ISBN: 9783540262213
Format: Hardback
$237.47

Based upon detailed data collection and rigorous analysis, the book presents a benchmarking study of the 10 new...  Read More >>

Scandalous Knowledge: Science, Truth, and the Human

Scandalous Knowledge: Science, Truth, and the Human...

Author: Barbara Herrnstein Smith ,  Smith
ISBN: 9780822338109
Format: Hardback
$211.07

Argues that postmodern relativism (and related critiques of science studies) is a thoroughly straw construction...  Read More >>

Digital Nation: Toward an Inclusive Information Society

Digital Nation: Toward an Inclusive Information Society...

Author: Anthony G. Wilhelm
ISBN: 9780262731775
Format: Paperback
$44.75

The long-term social benefits of building an inclusive information society: a national action plan.  Read More >>

In the Bubble: Designing in a Complex World

In the Bubble: Designing in a Complex World

Author: John Thackara (Director, Doors of Perception)
ISBN: 9780262701150
Format: Paperback
$69.99

How to design a world in which we rely less on stuff, and more on people.  Read More >>

Democratizing Innovation

Democratizing Innovation

Author: Eric von Hippel
ISBN: 9780262720472
Format: Paperback
$59.99

The process of user-centered innovation: how it can benefit both users and manufacturers and how its emergence will...  Read More >>

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