Science funding & policy books

1219 books were found.

Epigenetics and Public Policy: The Tangled Web of Science and Politics

Epigenetics and Public Policy: The Tangled Web of Science...

Author: Shea K. Robison (Idaho State University, USA)
ISBN: 9798765135754
Format: Paperback
$59.99

The exciting field of epigenetics offers novel and unanticipated science-based insights into human origins and development....  Read More >>

Pioneering Progress: American Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy

Pioneering Progress: American Science, Technology, and...

Author: William B. Bonvillian
ISBN: 9780262549448
Format: Paperback
$100.00

""An expert roadmap for the ways science and technology policy can help us overcome the complex challenges we face...  Read More >>

The Handover: How We Gave Control of Our Lives to Corporations, States and AIs

The Handover: How We Gave Control of Our Lives to Corporations,...

Author: David Runciman (University of Cambridge)
ISBN: 9781324095590
Format: Paperback
$52.77

“[W]itty and refined . . . Runciman’s point is that the alliance between even a democratic government and a safe-ish...  Read More >>

Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit

Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human...

Author: Henry a Kissinger ,  Eric Schmidt
ISBN: 9780316581295
Format: Hardback
$79.20

Three pioneering thinkers offer a powerful guide to our future amid AI's rapid acceleration.  Read More >>

Military Ethics and Emerging Technologies

Military Ethics and Emerging Technologies

Author: Timothy J. Demy (US Naval War College, USA) ,  George R. Lucas Jr.
ISBN: 9781032922041
Format: Paperback
$81.99

This volume looks at current and emerging technologies of war and some of the ethical issues surrounding their use....  Read More >>

Data and Metrics for the DOD SBIR and STTR Programs: Proceedings of a Workshop

Data and Metrics for the DOD SBIR and STTR Programs:...

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine ,  Policy and Global Affairs
ISBN: 9780309727242
Format: Paperback
$95.04

In response to a congressional mandate, a committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine...  Read More >>

Gender and Physics in the Academy: Theory, Policy and Practice in European Perspective

Gender and Physics in the Academy: Theory, Policy and...

Author: Meytal Eran-Jona (Weizmann Institute of Science) ,  Pauline Leonard (University of Southampton)
ISBN: 9781529222302
Format: Hardback
$188.95

This interdisciplinary collection addresses women's under-representation in science across Europe, focusing on physics...  Read More >>

Politics Recoded: The Infrastructural Organizing of Code for America

Politics Recoded: The Infrastructural Organizing of...

Author: Aure Schrock
ISBN: 9780262549455
Format: Paperback
$95.00

""A detailed history of Code for America examining how we can democratically design government systems""-- Provided...  Read More >>

Nobel Genius: Prizes, Prestige and Scientific Practice

Nobel Genius: Prizes, Prestige and Scientific Practice...

Author: Nils Hansson ,  Ad Maas
ISBN: 9789087284138
Format: Hardback
$238.05

This book explores the prize cultures of the most famous scientific award worldwide: the Nobel Prize.  Read More >>

Cloud Policy: A History of Regulating Pipelines, Platforms, and Data

Cloud Policy: A History of Regulating Pipelines, Platforms,...

Author: Jennifer Holt
ISBN: 9780262548069
Format: Paperback
$135.00

""This book is a history of U.S. regulations governing media and distribution infrastructures that support the cloud""--...  Read More >>

Taming Silicon Valley: How to Protect Our Jobs, Safety, and Society in the Age of AI

Taming Silicon Valley: How to Protect Our Jobs, Safety,...

Author: Gary F. Marcus
ISBN: 9780262551069
Format: Paperback
$39.99

How Big Tech is taking advantage of us, how AI is making it worse, and how we can create a thriving, AI-positive...  Read More >>

Fantasies of Virtual Reality: Untangling Fiction, Fact, and Threat

Fantasies of Virtual Reality: Untangling Fiction, Fact,...

Author: Marcus Carter ,  Ben Egliston
ISBN: 9780262549165
Format: Paperback
$65.00

The fantasies that underpin common perceptions of Virtual Reality and what we need to know about VR s potential...  Read More >>

Toward an Ecological Society

Toward an Ecological Society

Author: Murray Bookchin ,  Dan Chodorkoff
ISBN: 9781849354448
Format: Paperback
$46.58

Toward an Ecological Society compiles key writings from a seminal period in Murray Bookchin's thought, including...  Read More >>

From Pessimism to Promise: Lessons from the Global South on Designing Inclusive Tech

From Pessimism to Promise: Lessons from the Global South...

Author: Payal Arora ,  Charles Hayes
ISBN: 9780262049306
Format: Hardback
$55.00

A radical paradigm shift in the way we think about AI and tech, taking hope and inspiration from the aspirational...  Read More >>

Knowledge as Commons: Toward Inclusive Science and Technology

Knowledge as Commons: Toward Inclusive Science and Technology...

Author: Prabir Purkayastha
ISBN: 9781685900700
Format: Paperback
$63.99

A powerful contribution to the debate on intellectual property Knowledge as Commons traces the historical path...  Read More >>

Knowledge as Commons: Toward Inclusive Science and Technology

Knowledge as Commons: Toward Inclusive Science and Technology...

Author: Prabir Purkayastha
ISBN: 9781685900717
Format: Hardback
$196.00

A powerful contribution to the debate on intellectual property Knowledge as Commons traces the historical path...  Read More >>

The Game That Never Ends: How Lawyers Shape the Videogame Industry

The Game That Never Ends: How Lawyers Shape the Videogame...

Author: Julien Mailland
ISBN: 9780262549394
Format: Paperback
$110.00

""Mailland places lawyers and the law at the center of the history of videogames, reconstructing traditional histories...  Read More >>

Blockchain Governance

Blockchain Governance

Author: Primavera De Filippi ,  Wessel Reijers
ISBN: 9780262549059
Format: Paperback
$32.99

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Demystifying Economic Regulation: A Practitioner's Guide

Demystifying Economic Regulation: A Practitioner's Guide...

Author: H Sama Nwana
ISBN: 9781739588618
Format: Paperback
$102.93

The regulation of network industries, economic regulation and regulating digital platforms collectively impact and...  Read More >>

The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley

The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley...

Author: Marietje Schaake ,  Lorna Bennett
ISBN: 9798228299757
Format: Audio
$131.97

Under the cover of ""innovation,"" technology companies have successfully resisted regulation and have even begun...  Read More >>

The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley

The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley...

Author: Marietje Schaake ,  Lorna Bennett
ISBN: 9798228299740
Format: Audio
$121.31

Under the cover of ""innovation,"" technology companies have successfully resisted regulation and have even begun...  Read More >>

Navigating Uncertainty: Radical Rethinking for a Turbulent World

Navigating Uncertainty: Radical Rethinking for a Turbulent...

Author: Ian Scoones (University of Sussex; ESRC STEPS Centre at Sussex)
ISBN: 9781509560080
Format: Paperback
$32.95

Uncertainties are everywhere. Whether it’s climate change, financial volatility, pandemic outbreaks or new technologies,...  Read More >>

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