Impact of science & technology on society books

8577 books were found.

Strittige Themen im Umfeld der Naturwissenschaften: Ein Beitrag zur Debatte über Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft

Strittige Themen im Umfeld der Naturwissenschaften:...

Author: Hans Mohr
ISBN: 9783540244622
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Vor diesem Hintergrund berichtet der Autor über wichtige Erfahrungen und Einsichten, die ihm bei seinen Ausflügen...  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: 9780262201575
Format: Hardback
$100.32

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

Biotechnology Unglued: Science, Society, and Social Cohesion

Biotechnology Unglued: Science, Society, and Social...

Author: Michael Mehta
ISBN: 9780774811330
Format: Hardback
$225.11

The two faces of biotechnology are revealed throughout to show the promises and perils associated with a range of...  Read More >>

Knowledge Politics: Governing the Consequences of Science and Technology

Knowledge Politics: Governing the Consequences of Science...

Author: Nico Stehr
ISBN: 9781594510861
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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Trade and Investment Policies for the Development of the Information and Communication Technology Sector of the Greater Mokong Subregion

Trade and Investment Policies for the Development of...

Author:
ISBN: 9789211204018
Format: Paperback
$42.95

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Genetic Governance: Health, Risk and Ethics in a Biotech Era

Genetic Governance: Health, Risk and Ethics in a Biotech...

Author: Robin Bunton (University of Teesside, UK) ,  Alan Petersen (Monash University, Australia)
ISBN: 9780415354073
Format: Paperback
$70.00

Contributors look at how the 'new' genetics, healthcare and arising health policy can or should be governed and...  Read More >>

Genetic Governance: Health, Risk and Ethics in a Biotech Era

Genetic Governance: Health, Risk and Ethics in a Biotech...

Author: Robin Bunton (University of Teesside, UK) ,  Alan Petersen (Monash University, Australia)
ISBN: 9780415354066
Format: Hardback
$195.00

1. Introduction: Genetics and Governance 2. The Governance of Genomics 3. Ethics of Clinical Genetics: the Spirit...  Read More >>

Science in Society

Science in Society

Author: Matthew David
ISBN: 9780333993484
Format: Paperback
$102.96

This text provides a general framework for understanding, combining and applying the rich range of approaches that...  Read More >>

How Images Think

How Images Think

Author: Ron Burnett
ISBN: 9780262524414
Format: Paperback
$57.95

The transformation of images in the age of new media and the digital revolution.  Read More >>

The Intruder Bulletins: The Dark Side of Technology

The Intruder Bulletins: The Dark Side of Technology...

Author: Mark Antony Rossi
ISBN: 9780759936010
Format: Paperback
$28.91

The Intruder Bulletins is the book that started it all on the subject of human cloning, organ theft, pharmaceutical...  Read More >>

Economising Culture: On the (Digital) Culture Industry

Economising Culture: On the (Digital) Culture Industry...

Author: Geoff Cox ,  Joasia Krysa
ISBN: 9781570271687
Format: Paperback
$44.88

The interaction between culture and economy was famously explored by Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer by the term...  Read More >>

Innovation for All?: Learning from the Portuguese Path to Technical Change and the Dynamics of Innovation

Innovation for All?: Learning from the Portuguese Path...

Author: Pedro Conceição ,  Manuel V. Heitor
ISBN: 9781567205480
Format: Hardback
$140.00

At the macroeconomic level innovation increasingly means the ability of institutions to cope with uncertainty and...  Read More >>

The Impact of the Internet on Our Moral Lives

The Impact of the Internet on Our Moral Lives

Author: Robert J. Cavalier
ISBN: 9780791463468
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Leading theorists explore how the Internet impacts privacy issues, sensitivity to wrongdoing, and cultural and personal...  Read More >>

The Impact of the Internet on Our Moral Lives

The Impact of the Internet on Our Moral Lives

Author: Robert J. Cavalier
ISBN: 9780791463451
Format: Hardback
$228.36

Leading theorists explore how the Internet impacts privacy issues, sensitivity to wrongdoing, and cultural and personal...  Read More >>

Science and Citizens: Globalization and the Challenge of Engagement

Science and Citizens: Globalization and the Challenge...

Author: Melissa Leach ,  Ian Scoones
ISBN: 9781842775516
Format: Paperback
$59.00

Explores the impact of rapid scientific advance on issues of citizenship.  Read More >>

Science and Citizens: Globalization and the Challenge of Engagement

Science and Citizens: Globalization and the Challenge...

Author: Melissa Leach ,  Ian Scoones
ISBN: 9781842775509
Format: Hardback
$277.07

Explores the impact of rapid scientific advance on issues of citizenship.  Read More >>

Interpersonal Divide

Interpersonal Divide

Author: Michael Bugeja
ISBN: 9780195173390
Format: Paperback
$79.07

This volume focuses on a simple yet deceptively complex question: have media and technology created an interpersonal...  Read More >>

Underwriting the Internet: How Technical Advances, Financial Engineering, and Entrepreneurial Genius are Building the Information Highway

Underwriting the Internet: How Technical Advances, Financial...

Author: Leslie S. Hiraoka
ISBN: 9780765615183
Format: Paperback
$77.99

He covers the anti-trust case against Microsoft; the successes of eBay, Amazon, Yahoo, and Google; road-kills along...  Read More >>

Interpersonal Divide

Interpersonal Divide

Author: Michael Bugeja
ISBN: 9780195173406
Format: Hardback
$158.27

This volume focuses on a simple yet deceptively complex question: have media and technology created an interpersonal...  Read More >>

Underwriting the Internet: How Technical Advances, Financial Engineering, and Entrepreneurial Genius are Building the Information Highway

Underwriting the Internet: How Technical Advances, Financial...

Author: Leslie S. Hiraoka
ISBN: 9780765615176
Format: Hardback
$263.00

He covers the anti-trust case against Microsoft; the successes of eBay, Amazon, Yahoo, and Google; road-kills along...  Read More >>

Cognitive Technology: Essays on the Transformation of Thought and Society

Cognitive Technology: Essays on the Transformation of...

Author: W. Richard Walker ,  Douglas J. Herrmann
ISBN: 9780786419746
Format: Paperback
$60.50

This collection of essays on cognitive technology examines the interaction between the human mind and the tools...  Read More >>

Born-Einstein Letters, 1916-1955: Friendship, Politics and Physics in Uncertain Times

Born-Einstein Letters, 1916-1955: Friendship, Politics...

Author: A. Einstein ,  M. Born
ISBN: 9781349729111
Format: Paperback
$64.99

A classic collection of correspondence between two Nobel Prize winners, The Born-Einstein Letters , is also highly...  Read More >>

Born-Einstein Letters, 1916-1955: Friendship, Politics and Physics in Uncertain Times

Born-Einstein Letters, 1916-1955: Friendship, Politics...

Author: A. Einstein ,  M. Born
ISBN: 9781403944962
Format: Hardback
$87.00

A classic collection of correspondence between two Nobel Prize winners, The Born-Einstein Letters , is also highly...  Read More >>

Race to the Finish: Identity and Governance in an Age of Genomics

Race to the Finish: Identity and Governance in an Age...

Author: Jenny Reardon
ISBN: 9780691118567
Format: Hardback
$182.16

Argues that the long abeyance of the Diversity Project points to larger, fundamental questions about how to understand...  Read More >>

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