Impact of science & technology on society books

8577 books were found.

Discerning Promethus: The Cry for Wisdom in Our Technological Society

Discerning Promethus: The Cry for Wisdom in Our Technological...

Author: Robert Wauzzinski
ISBN: 9780838638668
Format: Hardback
$170.78

This book probes four leading positions that interpret and implement modern technology: optimism, pessimism, realism,...  Read More >>

Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud

Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud

Author: Robert L Park (University of Maryland)
ISBN: 9780195147100
Format: Paperback
$52.77

While remaining highly humorous, this account leads readers down the back alleys of fringe science, through the...  Read More >>

The Power of the Machine: Global Inequalities of Economy, Technology, and Environment

The Power of the Machine: Global Inequalities of Economy,...

Author: Alf Hornborg
ISBN: 9780759100664
Format: Hardback
$148.95

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Science and Society: The History of Modern Physical Sciences in the Twentieth Century

Science and Society: The History of Modern Physical...

Author: Peter Galison ,  Michael Gordin
ISBN: 9780415937146
Format: Mixed media product
$294.00

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The Power of the Machine: Global Inequalities of Economy, Technology, and Environment

The Power of the Machine: Global Inequalities of Economy,...

Author: Alf Hornborg
ISBN: 9780759100671
Format: Paperback
$61.95

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This Man's Pill: Reflections on the 50th Birthday of the Pill

This Man's Pill: Reflections on the 50th Birthday of...

Author: Djerassi
ISBN: 9780198508724
Format: Hardback
$31.95

Carl Djerassi was responsible for the chemical synthesis of the first steroid oral contraceptive: he is widely referred...  Read More >>

Cyberculture

Cyberculture

Author: Pierre Levy ,  Roberto Bononno
ISBN: 9780816636105
Format: Paperback
$40.95

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Technolife 2020: A Day in Your Future

Technolife 2020: A Day in Your Future

Author: Lois Gresh
ISBN: 9781550224597
Format: Paperback
$42.11

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Sources of Military Change: Culture, Politics, Technology

Sources of Military Change: Culture, Politics, Technology...

Author: Theo Farrell ,  Theo Farrell
ISBN: 9781555879754
Format: Hardback
$88.00

In varying circumstances, military organizations around the world are undergoing major restructuring. This book...  Read More >>

Screening Science: Contexts, Texts, and Science in Fifties Science Fiction Film

Screening Science: Contexts, Texts, and Science in Fifties...

Author: Errol Vieth
ISBN: 9780810840232
Format: Hardback
$146.95

This title treats the polysemy of science fiction film. It examines the science fiction genre and analyzes the nature...  Read More >>

Technology, Economic Growth and Crises in East Asia

Technology, Economic Growth and Crises in East Asia...

Author: G. C. Rodrigo
ISBN: 9781858984773
Format: Hardback
$241.35

This study develops an evolutionary concept of growth in East Asia, in which technology, organizations and institutions...  Read More >>

Technology and the Future of European Employment

Technology and the Future of European Employment

Author: Pascal Petit ,  Luc Soete
ISBN: 9781840645170
Format: Hardback
$429.53

The final section of the book addresses the future of European employment not only from the competitive position...  Read More >>

"Instructor's Manual for ""Fundamentals of Ethics for Scientists and Engineers"""

"Instructor's Manual for ""Fundamentals of Ethics for...

Author: Edmund G. Seebauer ,  Robert Laurence Barry
ISBN: 9780195144192
Format: Paperback
$115.00

This manual is designed for engineering professors who are suddenly required to teach ethics, due to changes in...  Read More >>

A Passion for DNA: Genes, Genomes and Society

A Passion for DNA: Genes, Genomes and Society

Author: James D. Watson (, President, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) ,  Walter Gratzer (, King's College London)
ISBN: 9780198604280
Format: Paperback
$55.95

A collection of essays, speeches, and reports by J. D. Watson, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA in 1953 and...  Read More >>

(Multi) Media Translation: Concepts, practices, and research

(Multi) Media Translation: Concepts, practices, and...

Author: Yves Gambier (University of Turku) ,  Henrik Gottlieb (University of Copenhagen)
ISBN: 9789027216397
Format: Hardback
$238.05

This work considers the impact of technology on our command of (foreign) languages, and the effects that our (lack...  Read More >>

(Multi) Media Translation: Concepts, practices, and research

(Multi) Media Translation: Concepts, practices, and...

Author: Yves Gambier (University of Turku) ,  Henrik Gottlieb (University of Copenhagen)
ISBN: 9781588110886
Format: Hardback
$435.60

This work considers the impact of technology on our command of (foreign) languages, and the effects that our (lack...  Read More >>

Science and Its Times: Cumulative Index

Science and Its Times: Cumulative Index

Author: Neil Schlager
ISBN: 9780787658175
Format: Hardback
$138.07

This series discusses how the fields of science developed during specific time periods. Each volume focuses on a...  Read More >>

Political Machines: Governing a Technological Society

Political Machines: Governing a Technological Society...

Author: Andrew Barry
ISBN: 9780485006346
Format: Paperback
$89.95

This text aims to interrogate the politics of the technological society. Critical of the form and intensity of the...  Read More >>

Science and Native American Communities: Legacies of Pain, Visions of Promise

Science and Native American Communities: Legacies of...

Author: Keith James
ISBN: 9780803276154
Format: Paperback
$47.39

An exploration of the uneasy meeting ground between science and Native American communities. Acknowledging that...  Read More >>

Societal Implications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Societal Implications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology...

Author: William S. Bainbridge ,  William Sims Bainbridge
ISBN: 9780792371786
Format: Hardback
$419.76

A revolution is occurring in science and technology, based on the recently developed ability to measure, manipulate...  Read More >>

Darwinism and the Divine in America: Protestant Intellectuals and Organic Evolution, 1859–1900

Darwinism and the Divine in America: Protestant Intellectuals...

Author: Jon H. Roberts
ISBN: 9780268178567
Format: Hardback
$330.00

Originally published in 1988, Jon Roberts's book provided the first comprehensive analytical overview of public...  Read More >>

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