Impact of science & technology on society books

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Heidegger, Habermas and the Mobile Phone

Heidegger, Habermas and the Mobile Phone

Author: George Myerson
ISBN: 9781840462364
Format: Paperback
$10.32

Move over e-commerce, mantra of the late twentieth century; welcome m-commerce, catchword of the new millennium!...  Read More >>

In Six Days

In Six Days

Author: Ashton John ,  John Ashton (Wolfson College Oxford)
ISBN: 9780890513415
Format: Paperback
$36.93

In Six Days presents fifty doctorate-holding scientists from around the globe who certainly advocate a literal six-day...  Read More >>

Science in the Third Reich

Science in the Third Reich

Author: Margit Szöllösi-Janze
ISBN: 9781859734216
Format: Paperback
$69.99

This text portrays the attitudes of scientists facing National Socialism and war and seeks to uncover the continuities...  Read More >>

Death of Distance: How the Communications Revolution is Changing Our Lives

Death of Distance: How the Communications Revolution...

Author: Frances Cairncross
ISBN: 9781578514380
Format: Paperback
$29.99

Shows us how the world is changing with the introduction of the Internet and wireless technology. This book - based...  Read More >>

TechniColor: Race, Technology, and Everyday Life

TechniColor: Race, Technology, and Everyday Life

Author: Alondra Nelson ,  Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu
ISBN: 9780814736043
Format: Paperback
$64.99

This text explores the relationship between race and technology. From Indian H-1B workers and Detroit techno music...  Read More >>

Future Perfect: Confronting Decisions About Genetics

Future Perfect: Confronting Decisions About Genetics...

Author: Lori B. Andrews
ISBN: 9780231121620
Format: Hardback
$198.95

Andrews offers a new plan for making decisions as individuals and as a society based on emerging issues of ethics...  Read More >>

Digital Futures: Living in a Dot.Com World

Digital Futures: Living in a Dot.Com World

Author: James Wilsdon
ISBN: 9781853837890
Format: Hardback
$131.87

With contributions from leading researchers at many of the UK's most influential think tanks, this book offers an...  Read More >>

Science in the Third Reich

Science in the Third Reich

Author: Margit Szöllösi-Janze
ISBN: 9781859734162
Format: Hardback
$240.00

This text portrays the attitudes of scientists facing National Socialism and war and seeks to uncover the continuities...  Read More >>

TechniColor: Race, Technology, and Everyday Life

TechniColor: Race, Technology, and Everyday Life

Author: Alondra Nelson ,  Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu
ISBN: 9780814736036
Format: Hardback
$193.00

This text explores the relationship between race and technology. From Indian H-1B workers and Detroit techno music...  Read More >>

Re-Thinking Science: Knowledge and the Public in an Age of Uncertainty

Re-Thinking Science: Knowledge and the Public in an...

Author: Helga Nowotny (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich) ,  Peter B. Scott (Kingston University)
ISBN: 9780745626086
Format: Paperback
$39.95

A sequel to the authors previous widely acclaimed work on science, technology and society. Develops a highly original...  Read More >>

Re-Thinking Science: Knowledge and the Public in an Age of Uncertainty

Re-Thinking Science: Knowledge and the Public in an...

Author: Helga Nowotny (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich) ,  Peter B. Scott (Kingston University)
ISBN: 9780745626079
Format: Hardback
$124.95

A sequel to the authors previous widely acclaimed work on science, technology and society. Develops a highly original...  Read More >>

Meaning in Technology

Meaning in Technology

Author: Arnold Pacey
ISBN: 9780262661201
Format: Paperback
$55.44

A thoughtful meditation on the role of meaning and purpose in the development of technology.  Read More >>

Technology, Humans, and Society: Toward a Sustainable World

Technology, Humans, and Society: Toward a Sustainable...

Author: Richard C. Dorf (University of California, Davis, U.S.A.)
ISBN: 9780122210907
Format: Hardback
$208.43

Focuses on building a model for business and engineering that leads to a sustainable world. This book includes discussion...  Read More >>

The Global Soul: Jet Lag, Shopping Malls, and the Search for Home

The Global Soul: Jet Lag, Shopping Malls, and the Search...

Author: Pico Iyer
ISBN: 9780679776116
Format: Paperback
$42.24

"From the acclaimed author of ""Video Night in Kathmandu"" comes this intriguing new book that deciphers the personal...  Read More >>

Membranes: Metaphors of Invasion in Nineteenth-Century Literature, Science, and Politics

Membranes: Metaphors of Invasion in Nineteenth-Century...

Author: Laura Otis (Hofstra University)
ISBN: 9780801865275
Format: Paperback
$73.92

Defying the traditional boundary between science and the humanities, she concludes by proposing a notion of identity...  Read More >>

Reshaping Communications: Technology, Information and Social Change

Reshaping Communications: Technology, Information and...

Author: Paschal Preston
ISBN: 9780803985636
Format: Paperback
$128.00

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Reshaping Communications: Technology, Information and Social Change

Reshaping Communications: Technology, Information and...

Author: Paschal Preston
ISBN: 9780803985629
Format: Hardback
$379.00

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Science and Its Times: Understanding the Social Significance of Scientific Discovery

Science and Its Times: Understanding the Social Significance...

Author: Neil Schlager ,  Josh Lauer
ISBN: 9780787639341
Format: Hardback
$359.04

Combining essays on people, theories, discoveries and concepts with overviews, primary documents and chronological...  Read More >>

Risk, Media and Stigma: Understanding Public Challenges to Modern Science and Technology

Risk, Media and Stigma: Understanding Public Challenges...

Author: Paul Slovic ,  James Flynn
ISBN: 9781853837005
Format: Paperback
$84.00

The benefits of modern technology often involve health, safety and environmental risks that produce public suspicion...  Read More >>

Open Doors: Vilhelm Meyer and the Establishment of General Electric in China

Open Doors: Vilhelm Meyer and the Establishment of General...

Author: Christopher Bo Bramsen
ISBN: 9780700714049
Format: Hardback
$266.00

On one level, this is an account of the life and times of a Danish couple prominent in Shanghai's International...  Read More >>

When Information Came of Age: Technologies of Knowledge in the Age of Reason and Revolution, 1700-1850

When Information Came of Age: Technologies of Knowledge...

Author: Daniel R. Headrick (Professor of Social Science and History, Professor of Social Science and History, Roosevelt University)
ISBN: 9780195135978
Format: Hardback
$170.95

"""When Information Came of Age"" argues that the key to the present era lies in understanding the systems developed...  Read More >>

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