Impact of science & technology on society books

An analysis of the role of metaphor in shaping the work and findings of science, using cell biology as the central...  Read More >>

An analysis of the role of metaphor in shaping the work and findings of science, using cell biology as the central...  Read More >>

Traditional Chinese edition of The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters...  Read More >>

At present people perceive the world full of many calamities and above all with much uncertainty. This is due to...  Read More >>

Power Without Responsibility attacks the conventional history of the press as a story of progress; offers a critical...  Read More >>

The variety, pace, and power of technological innovations that have emerged in the 21st Century has been breathtaking....  Read More >>

What makes your life worth living? What purpose do you serve? How do you thrive in a fast-changing world? As...  Read More >>

A technological analysis of the incredible complexity of the Tokyo subway system.  Read More >>

Emerging Dynamics: Science, Energy, Society and Values focuses on the impact of science, science-based technology...  Read More >>

A technological analysis of the incredible complexity of the Tokyo subway system.  Read More >>

Trading floors in the 60s and 70s involved hundreds of people shouting bids and offers in multi-coloured jackets...  Read More >>

The world around us appears solid and substantial-we can see, hear, touch, feel, and smell the objects and elements...  Read More >>

This investigation of time and space is motivated by gaps in our current understanding: by the lack of definitions,...  Read More >>

This first monograph of its kind introduces the reader to fundamental definitions, key concepts and case studies...  Read More >>

Websites and apps are places where critical parts of our lives happen. We shop, bank, learn, gossip, and select...  Read More >>

It illustrates the use of technologies for development in various fields of research, such as humanitarian action,...  Read More >>

Originally published in hardcover in 2017 by Dey Street Books.  Read More >>

The author is the co-inventor of this technology, known as CRISPR, and a scientist of worldwide renown. In this...  Read More >>

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling,...  Read More >>

Forget everything you think you know about the digital age. It's not about privacy, surveillance, AI or blockchain-it's...  Read More >>

This volume provides the reader with exclusive insights into Ernest Sosa’s latest ideas as well as main aspects...  Read More >>

This volume, written by a highly cited author, presents the history of quantum theory together with open questions...  Read More >>

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We tell stories about who we are. Through telling these stories, we connect with others and affirm our own sense...  Read More >>

Drawing on ethnographic field work, A Village Goes Mobile examines how mobile telephony contributes to social change...  Read More >>