Impact of science & technology on society books

10593 books were found.

The Big Hop: The first flight across the Atlantic and the ordinary heroes who risked their lives for it

The Big Hop: The first flight across the Atlantic and...

Author: David Rooney
ISBN: 9781529967128
Format: Paperback
$29.99

The inspiring story of a pathbreaking 1919 flight and the courageous fliers who risked their lives to make aviation...  Read More >>

Going Nuclear: How the Atom Will Save the Planet

Going Nuclear: How the Atom Will Save the Planet

Author: Tim Gregory
ISBN: 9781529929324
Format: Paperback
$29.99

A ground-breaking call to harness the untapped potential of nuclear power to tackle our global climate and energy...  Read More >>

The Problem with Personalization: How Advertisers Learned to Make and Break Us from Ancient Times to the AI Age

The Problem with Personalization: How Advertisers Learned...

Author: Joseph Turow
ISBN: 9780226837338
Format: Hardback
$45.95

A respected voice on technology shows how seemingly simple ads help dismantle democracy and public discourse. Whether...  Read More >>

Living in the Simulacra: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Baudrillard

Living in the Simulacra: How I Learned to Stop Worrying...

Author: Mark Heisten ,  Kathleen M. Ryan
ISBN: 9780262053105
Format: Paperback
$115.00

What is real in the twenty-first century, and how humans can navigate this shifting world. Despite a twenty-first-century...  Read More >>

Healing the Land Teaches Us Who We Are: How Indigenous Cultural Resistance Can Restore the Earth, Recover Community, and Create Sustainable Futures

Healing the Land Teaches Us Who We Are: How Indigenous...

Author: Maceo Carrillo Martinet
ISBN: 9798889843559
Format: Paperback
$45.00

Rooted in Indigenous wisdom and a four-element framework, this book invites readers to rediscover and re-embody...  Read More >>

Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse

Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal...

Author: Luke Kemp
ISBN: 9781405974899
Format: Paperback
$26.99

A radical retelling of human history through collapse, and what it means for our uncertain future A radical retelling...  Read More >>

Hubris Maximus: The Shattering of Elon Musk

Hubris Maximus: The Shattering of Elon Musk

Author: Faiz Siddiqui
ISBN: 9781785127434
Format: Paperback
$26.99

A gripping deep dive into Elon Musk's rapid ascent, chaotic empire and spectacular public implosion.  Read More >>

Sentinels in the Sky: How Satellites Have Revolutionized Our Understanding of Earth and Space

Sentinels in the Sky: How Satellites Have Revolutionized...

Author: James Lawrence Powell (Independent Scholar, Independent Scholar)
ISBN: 9780197842829
Format: Hardback
$72.95

Written for general readers, Sentinels in the Sky tells the story of how satellites have transformed our understanding...  Read More >>

The Injustice of Fairness: Algorithmic Reparation and the Case for Redress

The Injustice of Fairness: Algorithmic Reparation and...

Author: Jenny L. Davis ,  Apryl A. Williams
ISBN: 9780520418295
Format: Paperback
$49.95

The Injustice of Fairness shifts the foundation of algorithmic ethics, displacing ""fairness"" with repair and redress....  Read More >>

Raising AI: An Essential Guide to Parenting Our Future

Raising AI: An Essential Guide to Parenting Our Future...

Author: De Kai
ISBN: 9780262054324
Format: Paperback
$55.00

From the pioneer of translation AIs like Google, Yahoo, and Bing translate, an accessible and authoritative guide...  Read More >>

More Works by David Hume

More Works by David Hume

Author: David Hume
ISBN: 9781397670946
Format: Paperback
$79.17

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The Injustice of Fairness: Algorithmic Reparation and the Case for Redress

The Injustice of Fairness: Algorithmic Reparation and...

Author: Jenny L. Davis ,  Apryl A. Williams
ISBN: 9780520418271
Format: Hardback
$157.95

The Injustice of Fairness shifts the foundation of algorithmic ethics, displacing ""fairness"" with repair and redress....  Read More >>

Postphenomenology and Feminist Theory: Intersectionality, Gender, and Technology

Postphenomenology and Feminist Theory: Intersectionality,...

Author: Galit Wellner (NB Haifa School of Design, Israel and Tel Aviv University, Israel) ,  Lyat Friedman
ISBN: 9781666947243
Format: Hardback
$190.00

This collection of essays offers a novel theoretical development of the combination of insights into feminist theory...  Read More >>

Grounding the Cloud: Urbanism in the Shadow of Data

Grounding the Cloud: Urbanism in the Shadow of Data...

Author: Ali Fard
ISBN: 9781517919603
Format: Hardback
$270.00

A detailed foray into the material and spatial realities of cloud computing Since the 1990s, technologists have...  Read More >>

Privacy Techtonics: Feminist Geopolitics of Privacy, WhatsApp and Democracy in India

Privacy Techtonics: Feminist Geopolitics of Privacy,...

Author: Philippa Williams (Queen Mary University of London) ,  Lipika Kamra (University of Birmingham)
ISBN: 9781529235968
Format: Paperback
$57.95

Today, privacy is more than a personal choice-it's a terrain shaped by power, politics and everyday life. This...  Read More >>

Postgrowth Digital Futures: Digital Technologies, Degrowth, and Radical Abundance

Postgrowth Digital Futures: Digital Technologies, Degrowth,...

Author: Sy Taffel (Massey University)
ISBN: 9781529252583
Format: Paperback
$47.95

What if digital technology worked for the planet and people? This book proposes a future where ecological sustainability...  Read More >>

Kant and Technics: From the Critique of Pure Reason to the Opus Postumum

Kant and Technics: From the Critique of Pure Reason...

Author: Franziska Aigner
ISBN: 9781350299078
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Through a critical analysis of 20th century thought on technics, this book shows that and how Kant's philosophy...  Read More >>

Epidemic Films to Die For: A Chronicle of the Covid-19 Plague Years

Epidemic Films to Die For: A Chronicle of the Covid-19...

Author: Tom Zaniello (Northern Kentucky University, USA)
ISBN: 9798765108536
Format: Paperback
$59.99

A comprehensive chronical that unfolds the cinematic dimensions of epidemic films through an analysis of film history...  Read More >>

The Great Exhibition

The Great Exhibition

Author: John R. Davis
ISBN: 9781837052127
Format: Paperback
$45.00

This book explores the Great Exhibition of 1851, from its bold creation and dazzling displays in the Crystal Palace...  Read More >>

Postgrowth Digital Futures: Digital Technologies, Degrowth, and Radical Abundance

Postgrowth Digital Futures: Digital Technologies, Degrowth,...

Author: Sy Taffel (Massey University)
ISBN: 9781529252576
Format: Hardback
$176.95

What if digital technology worked for the planet and people? This book proposes a future where ecological sustainability...  Read More >>

Digital Detox: Why Taking a Break from Technology Can Improve Your Well-Being

Digital Detox: Why Taking a Break from Technology Can...

Author: Bernadette H. Schell, Ph.D. (Ontario Tech University, Canada)
ISBN: 9798216478430
Format: Paperback
$45.00

This book discusses the dangers of too much technology use, explores the benefits of digital detoxing, and outlines...  Read More >>

Euro-Transhumanism: Twisting Truth, Goodness, Beauty

Euro-Transhumanism: Twisting Truth, Goodness, Beauty...

Author: Stefan Lorenz Sorgner (John Cabot University)
ISBN: 9781529257380
Format: Hardback
$176.95

What if the future of humanity wasn't driven by Silicon Valley's vision? This book reveals Euro-Transhumanism-a...  Read More >>

Writing Game Histories

Writing Game Histories

Author: Esther Wright (University of Cardiff, UK) ,  Iain Donald (Edinburgh Napier University, UK)
ISBN: 9781350468252
Format: Hardback
$150.00

This book is a practical guide for students on the different strategies employed by historians when studying the...  Read More >>

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