Impact of science & technology on society books

8577 books were found.

The Politics of the Internet in Third World Development: Challenges in Contrasting Regimes with Case Studies of Costa Rica and Cuba

The Politics of the Internet in Third World Development:...

Author: Bert Hoffmann
ISBN: 9780415949590
Format: Hardback
$208.00

This book examines the political and developmental implications of the new information and communication technologies...  Read More >>

A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love

A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science,...

Author: Richard Dawkins
ISBN: 9780618485390
Format: Paperback
$39.47

The first collection of essays from renowned scientist and best-selling author Richard Dawkins. Richard Dawkins's...  Read More >>

The Quantum and the Lotus: A Journey to the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism Meet

The Quantum and the Lotus: A Journey to the Frontiers...

Author: Matthieu Ricard ,  Trinh Xuan Thuan
ISBN: 9781400080793
Format: Paperback
$39.47

Matthieu Ricard trained as a molecular biologist, working in the lab of a Nobel prize—winning scientist, but when...  Read More >>

Rapture: A Raucous Tour of Cloning, Transhumanism, and the New Era of Immortality

Rapture: A Raucous Tour of Cloning, Transhumanism, and...

Author: Brian Alexander
ISBN: 9780465001057
Format: Paperback
$39.60

A lively exploration of the fast-fading borderland between fringe and mainstream science.  Read More >>

The Labyrinths of Information: Challenging the Wisdom of Systems

The Labyrinths of Information: Challenging the Wisdom...

Author: Claudio Ciborra
ISBN: 9780199275267
Format: Paperback
$112.95

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Me++: The Cyborg Self and the Networked City

Me++: The Cyborg Self and the Networked City

Author: William J. Mitchell (MIT Smart Cities, E14-433D)
ISBN: 9780262633130
Format: Paperback
$52.67

How the transformation of wireless technology and the creation of an interconnected world are changing our environment...  Read More >>

Natural-Born Cyborgs: Minds, Technologies, and the Future of Human Intelligence

Natural-Born Cyborgs: Minds, Technologies, and the Future...

Author: Andy Clark (Ancient Chair of Logic and Metaphysics, Ancient Chair of Logic and Metaphysics, Edinburgh University, Scotland)
ISBN: 9780195177510
Format: Paperback
$31.95

In Natural-Born Cyborgs, Clark argues that what makes humans so different from other species is our capacity to...  Read More >>

Welcome to the Machine: Science, Surveillance, and the Culture of Control

Welcome to the Machine: Science, Surveillance, and the...

Author: Derrick Jensen ,  George Draffan
ISBN: 9781931498524
Format: Paperback
$47.52

In the face of RFID chips, consumer tracking strategies, and illegal government wiretapping, this is a hard-hitting...  Read More >>

Appropriating Technology: Vernacular Science And Social Power

Appropriating Technology: Vernacular Science And Social...

Author: Ron Eglash ,  Jennifer Croissant
ISBN: 9780816634279
Format: Paperback
$47.95

Contributors: Richard M. Benjamin, Miami U; Hank Bromley, SUNY, Buffalo; Massimiano Bucchi, U of Trento, Italy;...  Read More >>

Digital Nation: Toward an Inclusive Information Society

Digital Nation: Toward an Inclusive Information Society...

Author: Anthony G. Wilhelm
ISBN: 9780262232388
Format: Hardback
$79.07

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

Brave New World Revisited

Brave New World Revisited

Author: Aldous Huxley ,  David Bradshaw
ISBN: 9780099458234
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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Science and Society in the Twentieth Century

Science and Society in the Twentieth Century

Author: Wendy R. Sherman ,  Trish Yourst Koontz
ISBN: 9780313322143
Format: Hardback
$100.00

Ideal for students preparing research papers in either science or social studies classes, this resource will also...  Read More >>

Living with the Genie: Essays On Technology And The Quest For Human Mastery

Living with the Genie: Essays On Technology And The...

Author: Alan Lightman ,  Daniel Sarewitz
ISBN: 9781559635745
Format: Paperback
$85.80

Sixteen provocative essays open the door to a new dialogue on how, in the quest for human mastery, technology may...  Read More >>

Wiring Prometheus: Globalisation, History & Technology

Wiring Prometheus: Globalisation, History & Technology...

Author: Peter Lyth ,  Helmuth Trischler
ISBN: 9788772889474
Format: Paperback
$122.10

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The Technological Fix: How People Use Technology to Create and Solve Problems

The Technological Fix: How People Use Technology to...

Author: Lisa Rosner
ISBN: 9780415947107
Format: Hardback
$200.00

"The term ""technological fix"" should mean a fix provided by technology - a solution for all of our problems. Instead,...  Read More >>

The Technological Fix: How People Use Technology to Create and Solve Problems

The Technological Fix: How People Use Technology to...

Author: Lisa Rosner
ISBN: 9780415947114
Format: Paperback
$53.00

Technological fix has come to mean a cheap, quick fix using inappropriate technology that usually creates more problems...  Read More >>

Uncommon Dissent

Uncommon Dissent

Author: William A. Dembski
ISBN: 9781932236309
Format: Hardback
$73.92

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Community in the Digital Age: Philosophy and Practice

Community in the Digital Age: Philosophy and Practice...

Author: Andrew Feenberg ,  Darin Barney
ISBN: 9780742529595
Format: Paperback
$78.95

North American social scientists and philosophers, most working in communications or information, offer divergent...  Read More >>

Splicing Life?: The New Genetics and Society

Splicing Life?: The New Genetics and Society

Author: Peter Glasner ,  Harry Rothman
ISBN: 9780754632382
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This unique, exploratory volume discusses the ethical, cultural and philosophical issues surrounding the search...  Read More >>

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