Impact of science & technology on society books

This book looks at resolving the dilemmas of progress and modernity by reframing science and technology. It brings...  Read More >>

"Gleick examines the phenomenon of ""hurry sickness"" that has taken hold of today's society through cell phones,...  Read More >>

This book, written by an accomplished group of activists, writers and academics, describes the development and use...  Read More >>

Crossing the boundaries between science and the humanities, the author explores the volumes of discourse involved...  Read More >>

This book, written by an accomplished group of activists, writers and academics, describes the development and use...  Read More >>

Today's new technologies, from the well-connected computer to the digital communication infrastructure, are dramatically...  Read More >>

This anthology explores the ways in which new technologies and scientific discourses are having a radical impact...  Read More >>

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The late 20th century has been named the Information Age, but the authors of this text challenge this idea in a...  Read More >>

This collection of ideas and data sources provides alternatives to the trade versus technology debate and assesses...  Read More >>

As more of our technology and cultural heritage becomes digitized, questions arise about the technology's ability...  Read More >>

"Contextualizes the ""Science Wars"" from interdisciplinary sociological, historical, scientific, political, and...  Read More >>

Kirsch connects the historic choice of internal combustion over electricity to current debates about the social...  Read More >>

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Most scientists and laypersons believe science and progress go hand in hand, yet philosophers and historians of...  Read More >>

Case studies of cities such as Atlanta, Phoenix, and Sunderland provide an insight into urban cyberspace and the...  Read More >>

Kline, avoiding the trap of technological determinism, explores the changing relationships among the Country Life...  Read More >>

Abstracting Reality considers the relationship between digital technology and culture and their mutual influences...  Read More >>

This book opens up an area of urban studies, the auditory experience of self and place.  Read More >>

An investigation of how past attempts by scientists to discover a circle led to discoveries of the physical universe....  Read More >>

A Nobel Prize-winner at 34, James Watson had the authority and courage to take an early and prominent role as commentator...  Read More >>

This book opens up an area of urban studies, the auditory experience of self and place.  Read More >>

Confronts the assessment of the benefits and risks of scientific advance, advising a cautious and sceptical approach...  Read More >>

Abstracting Reality considers the relationship between digital technology and culture and their mutual influences...  Read More >>

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