Impact of science & technology on society books

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Technology's New Horizons

Technology's New Horizons

Author: Hiroaki Yanagida ,  Richard Gregory
ISBN: 9780198565147
Format: Hardback
$72.50

Science is often regarded as a cold and remote activity outside everyday experience. This study looks into the personal...  Read More >>

Media and Technology in the Classroom

Media and Technology in the Classroom

Author: Franklin R Koontz
ISBN: 9780787212841
Format: Spiral bound
$81.71

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The Natural Contract

The Natural Contract

Author: Michel Serres ,  Elizabeth MacArthur
ISBN: 9780472095490
Format: Hardback
$184.80

Meditations on environmental change and the necessity of a pact between Earth and its inhabitants  Read More >>

Out Of Control: The New Biology Of Machines, Social Systems, And The Economic World

Out Of Control: The New Biology Of Machines, Social...

Author: Kevin Kelly
ISBN: 9780201483406
Format: Paperback
$60.59

Out of Control chronicles the dawn of a new era in which the machines and systems that drive our economy are so...  Read More >>

Wheel of Fortune: Work and Life in the Age of Falling Expectations

Wheel of Fortune: Work and Life in the Age of Falling...

Author: Jamie Swift
ISBN: 9780921284895
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Jamie Swift combines sharp-eyed journalism that brings out the nuances of daily life with a penetrating analysis...  Read More >>

Technoscientific Imaginaries: Conversations, Profiles, and Memoirs

Technoscientific Imaginaries: Conversations, Profiles,...

Author: George E. Marcus
ISBN: 9780226504445
Format: Paperback
$72.95

How have shifts in power and in assumptions about knowledge affected scientific practice? Who controls the new technologies,...  Read More >>

Computer Technology and Social Issues

Computer Technology and Social Issues

Author: G.David Garson
ISBN: 9781878289285
Format: Hardback
$128.95

Political, economic, social and human factors determine the success of information technology. This book poses some...  Read More >>

Ground Truth: The Social Implications of Geographic Information Systems

Ground Truth: The Social Implications of Geographic...

Author: John Pickles
ISBN: 9780898622959
Format: Paperback
$76.99

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Acquiring, Adapting and Developing Technologies: Lessons from the Japanese Experience

Acquiring, Adapting and Developing Technologies: Lessons...

Author: Kwan S. Kim ,  Fumio Maki
ISBN: 9781349237777
Format: Paperback
$249.00

Economic progress requires technological development, which in turn depends on a country's social capacity to acquire,...  Read More >>

Measuring and Improving Infrastructure Performance

Measuring and Improving Infrastructure Performance

Author: National Research Council ,  Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
ISBN: 9780309050982
Format: Paperback
$95.74

Develops a framework for guiding attempts at measuring the performance of infrastructure systems and grapples with...  Read More >>

Resisting the Virtual Life: Culture and Politics of Information

Resisting the Virtual Life: Culture and Politics of...

Author: James Brooks ,  Iain Boal
ISBN: 9780872862999
Format: Paperback
$47.95

"This text aims to provide a platform for writers, scholars and activists to discuss the political, economic and...  Read More >>

The Economics of Technology and Employment: Theory and Empirical Evidence

The Economics of Technology and Employment: Theory and...

Author: Marco Vivarelli ,  Christopher Freeman
ISBN: 9781858981666
Format: Hardback
$294.50

The impact of technical change on employment is investigated in this important new book which offers a critical...  Read More >>

You Know My Method: The Science of the Detective

You Know My Method: The Science of the Detective

Author: J. Kenneth Van Dover
ISBN: 9780879726393
Format: Hardback
$113.39

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Architectures of Excess: Cultural Life in the Information Age

Architectures of Excess: Cultural Life in the Information...

Author: Jim Collins
ISBN: 9780415907064
Format: Paperback
$56.00

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Skill, Technology and Enlightenment: On Practical Philosophy: On Practical Philosophy

Skill, Technology and Enlightenment: On Practical Philosophy:...

Author: Bo Göranzon
ISBN: 9783540199205
Format: Paperback
$155.63

"Skill, Technology and Enlightenment is the final volume of the series ""Artificial Intelligence and Society"" published...  Read More >>

Putting It All Together: Seven Patterns for Relating Science and the Christian Faith

Putting It All Together: Seven Patterns for Relating...

Author: Richard H. Bube
ISBN: 9780819197559
Format: Hardback
$209.88

A thinking person can hardly avoid developing some kind of pattern within which to express a personal reaction to...  Read More >>

Information Technology and Globalisation: Implication for Developing Countries

Information Technology and Globalisation: Implication...

Author: Commonwealth Secretariat ,  Mayuri Odedra-Straub
ISBN: 9780850924404
Format: Paperback
$44.75

This publication looks at the role of information technology on the globalisation process and addresses the implications...  Read More >>

Acquiring, Adapting and Developing Technologies: Lessons from the Japanese Experience

Acquiring, Adapting and Developing Technologies: Lessons...

Author: Kwan S. Kim ,  Fumio Maki
ISBN: 9780333620878
Format: Hardback
$265.00

Focusing on the evolution of Japan's economy from the Meiji Restoration to the present day, this volume provides...  Read More >>

Putting It All Together: Seven Patterns for Relating Science and the Christian Faith

Putting It All Together: Seven Patterns for Relating...

Author: Richard H. Bube
ISBN: 9780819197566
Format: Paperback
$97.95

A thinking person can hardly avoid developing some kind of pattern within which to express a personal reaction to...  Read More >>

Technology, Time, and the Conversations of Modernity

Technology, Time, and the Conversations of Modernity...

Author: Lorenzo C. Simpson
ISBN: 9780415907712
Format: Hardback
$192.00

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Technology, Time, and the Conversations of Modernity

Technology, Time, and the Conversations of Modernity...

Author: Lorenzo C. Simpson
ISBN: 9780415907729
Format: Paperback
$79.99

Lorenzo Simpson explores the nature of modernity and postmodernity addressing the question of the price exacted...  Read More >>

Information Society and Civil Society: Contemporary Perspectives on the Changing World Order

Information Society and Civil Society: Contemporary...

Author: Slavko Splichal ,  Andrew Calabrese
ISBN: 9781557530431
Format: Paperback
$73.79

Any examination of contemporary society must recognize a central place for information and communication processes...  Read More >>

The Innovation Matrix: Culture and Structure Prerequisites to Innovation

The Innovation Matrix: Culture and Structure Prerequisites...

Author: Paul Herbig
ISBN: 9780899309330
Format: Hardback
$140.00

Managers of international businesses, research and development, as well as researchers in the fields of strategic...  Read More >>

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