Impact of science & technology on society books

8621 books were found.

Technology and the Virtues: A Philosophical Guide to a Future Worth Wanting

Technology and the Virtues: A Philosophical Guide to...

Author: Shannon Vallor (S.J. Professor in the Department of Philosophy, S.J. Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Santa Clara University)
ISBN: 9780190905286
Format: Paperback
$61.95

New technologies from artificial intelligence to drones, and biomedical enhancement make the future of the human...  Read More >>

Survival under Uncertainty: An Introduction to Probability Models of Social Structure and Evolution

Survival under Uncertainty: An Introduction to Probability...

Author: Dimitri Volchenkov
ISBN: 9783319818832
Format: Paperback
$290.37

This book introduces and studies a number of stochastic models of subsistence, communication, social evolution and...  Read More >>

Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology: Logical, Epistemological, and Cognitive Issues

Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology: Logical,...

Author: Lorenzo Magnani ,  Claudia Casadio
ISBN: 9783319817842
Format: Paperback
$871.17

This book discusses how scientific and other types of cognition make use of models, abduction, and explanatory reasoning...  Read More >>

Science, Form, and the Problem of Induction in British Romanticism

Science, Form, and the Problem of Induction in British...

Author: Dahlia Porter (University of Glasgow)
ISBN: 9781108418942
Format: Hardback
$232.88

Exploring a topic at the intersection of science, philosophy and literature, this book traces the history of induction...  Read More >>

The Study of Science and Religion

The Study of Science and Religion

Author: Carl Reinhold Brakenhielm
ISBN: 9781532619687
Format: Paperback
$116.16

The main aim of this book is to contribute to the relationship between science and religion. This book aims to do...  Read More >>

Cyberpsychology as Everyday Digital Experience across the Lifespan

Cyberpsychology as Everyday Digital Experience across...

Author: Dave Harley ,  Julie Morgan
ISBN: 9781137591999
Format: Hardback
$316.77

They discuss how people’s symbiotic relationship with digital technologies has started to redefine our childhoods,...  Read More >>

Rockets and Ray Guns: The Sci-Fi Science of the Cold War

Rockets and Ray Guns: The Sci-Fi Science of the Cold...

Author: Andrew May
ISBN: 9783319898292
Format: Paperback
$59.49

The Cold War saw scientists in East and West racing to create amazing new technologies, the like of which the world...  Read More >>

Evolution und Leid als Herausforderung für den Glauben: Zu den erkenntnistheoretischen und formalen Voraussetzungen zeitgenössischer Argumente aus dem Übel

Evolution und Leid als Herausforderung für den Glauben:...

Author: Marco Benasso
ISBN: 9783658224332
Format: Paperback
$118.77

Marco Benasso behandelt in diesem Buch Fragen wie: Verschärft die Annahme der Evolutionstheorie das Problem des...  Read More >>

Your Happiness Was Hacked: Why Tech Is Winning the Battle to Control Your Brain--And How to Fight Back

Your Happiness Was Hacked: Why Tech Is Winning the Battle...

Author: Vivek Wadhwa ,  Alex Salkever
ISBN: 9781974905386
Format: Audio
$52.77

The authors of The Driver in the Driverless Car reveal how tech companies hook our brains to keep clicks going...  Read More >>

Your Happiness Was Hacked: Why Tech Is Winning the Battle to Control Your Brain--And How to Fight Back

Your Happiness Was Hacked: Why Tech Is Winning the Battle...

Author: Vivek Wadhwa ,  Alex Salkever
ISBN: 9781974905379
Format: Audio
$105.57

The authors of The Driver in the Driverless Car reveal how tech companies hook our brains to keep clicks going...  Read More >>

A Life Lived Remotely: Being and Work in the Digital Age

A Life Lived Remotely: Being and Work in the Digital...

Author: Siobhan Mckeown ,  Kimberley Adams
ISBN: 9781978633605
Format: Audio
$39.57

If work is hell, then what is working from home? What happens when we take our lives online? How are we being changed...  Read More >>

Problems of Ethics

Problems of Ethics

Author: Abdusalam Huseynov ,  百春 張
ISBN: 9781617420016
Format: Paperback
$67.25

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A Networked Self and Platforms, Stories, Connections

A Networked Self and Platforms, Stories, Connections...

Author: Zizi Papacharissi (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)
ISBN: 9781138722675
Format: Hardback
$284.00

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

Stand out of our Light: Freedom and Resistance in the Attention Economy

Stand out of our Light: Freedom and Resistance in the...

Author: James Williams (University of Oxford)
ISBN: 9781108452991
Format: Paperback
$38.79

Are the systems of intelligent persuasion developed by today's tech giants a threat to human freedom? Drawing on...  Read More >>

Dual Use Science and Technology, Ethics and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Dual Use Science and Technology, Ethics and Weapons...

Author: Seumas Miller
ISBN: 9783319926056
Format: Paperback
$211.17

This book deals with the problem of dual-use science research and technology. It first explains the concept of dual...  Read More >>

The Challenge of Chance: A Multidisciplinary Approach from Science and the Humanities

The Challenge of Chance: A Multidisciplinary Approach...

Author: Klaas Landsman ,  Ellen van Wolde
ISBN: 9783319799247
Format: Paperback
$158.37

This book presents a multidisciplinary perspective on chance, with contributions from distinguished researchers...  Read More >>

Global Perspectives of Nanoscience and Engineering Education

Global Perspectives of Nanoscience and Engineering Education...

Author: Kurt Winkelmann ,  Bharat Bhushan
ISBN: 9783319811314
Format: Paperback
$290.37

Information technology plays a growing role in all types of education and several chapters are devoted to describing...  Read More >>

Astronomy in the Ancient World: Early and Modern Views on Celestial Events

Astronomy in the Ancient World: Early and Modern Views...

Author: Alexus McLeod
ISBN: 9783319795072
Format: Paperback
$422.37

Alexus McLeod explores every aspect of the lesser-known history of astronomy in the Americas (Mesoamerica and North...  Read More >>

Promising Practices for Engaging Families in STEM Learning

Promising Practices for Engaging Families in STEM Learning...

Author: Margaret Caspe ,  Taneisha Woods
ISBN: 9781641132800
Format: Paperback
$146.89

The technology revolution has made it critical for all children to understand science, technology, engineering,...  Read More >>

Stand out of our Light: Freedom and Resistance in the Attention Economy

Stand out of our Light: Freedom and Resistance in the...

Author: James Williams (University of Oxford)
ISBN: 9781108429092
Format: Hardback
$142.31

Are the systems of intelligent persuasion developed by today's tech giants a threat to human freedom? Drawing on...  Read More >>

Transformator

Transformator

Author: Strubel
ISBN: 9781786302403
Format: Hardback
$326.03

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The Philosophy of Historical Case Studies

The Philosophy of Historical Case Studies

Author: Tilman Sauer ,  Raphael Scholl
ISBN: 9783319807553
Format: Paperback
$316.77

This volume collects reflections on the role of philosophy in case studies in the history of science.  Read More >>

The Argumentative Turn in Policy Analysis: Reasoning about Uncertainty

The Argumentative Turn in Policy Analysis: Reasoning...

Author: Sven Ove Hansson ,  Gertrude Hirsch Hadorn
ISBN: 9783319808369
Format: Paperback
$290.37

​This book describes argumentative tools and strategies that can be used to guide policy decisions under conditions...  Read More >>

Getting It Right in Science and Medicine: Can Science Progress through Errors? Fallacies and Facts

Getting It Right in Science and Medicine: Can Science...

Author: Hans R. Kricheldorf
ISBN: 9783319807973
Format: Paperback
$118.77

This book advocates the importance and value of errors for the progress of scientific research! It compares natural...  Read More >>

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