Impact of Science & Technology on Society
"Rebels, Mavericks, and Heretics in Biology"
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Covers modern biology's innovators and iconoclasts, the men and women who challenged prevailing notions in their fields. This book contains chapters which offer a portrait of the intellectual rebellion of a particular scientist working in areas of genetics, evolution, embryology, ecology, biochemistry, neurobiology, and virology, and others. With 32 b&w illustrations. Hardback, 352 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 732g.
Author: (Harman, Oren Solomon, ed.)
ISBN: 030011639X
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Impact of Science & Technology on Society
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"Technology and Society"Building Our Sociotechnical Future
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"Inside Technology" series; Technological change does not happen in a vacuum; decisions about which technologies to develop, fund, market, and use engage ideas about values as well as calculations of costs and benefits. This anthology focuses on the interconnections of technology, society, and values. With 39 illustrations. Paperback, 648 pages. Size: 229 x 178 mm. Weight: 1033g.
Author: (Johnson, Deborah G., ed.)
ISBN: 0262600730
Publisher: Mit Press Ltd
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Impact of Science & Technology on Society
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"Virtual Society?"Technology, Cyberbole, Reality
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Almost all aspects of social, cultural, economic and political life stand to be affected by the new electronic technologies. This collection provides a set of detailed empirical studies of the genesis and use of these technologies, ranging widely across applications from cyber-cafes to new media. With illustrations. Paperback, 368 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 558g.
Author: (Woolgar, Steve, ed.)
ISBN: 0199248761
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Impact of Science & Technology on Society
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"Blown to Bits"Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion
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What you don't know about technology can hurt you--highlights implications of securityand privacy in the digital world Features behind the scenes stories and enough explanation to answer both the howand why Inspired by their class at Harvard, the authors are uniquely qualified to explain how thisstuff works and why understanding the impact of digital technology is important. With illustrations. Hardback, 384 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 601g.
Author: Abelson, Hal Ledeen, Ken Lewis, Harry
ISBN: 0137135599
Publisher: Pearson Education (Us)
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: Tertiary Education (Us: College) Impact of Science & Technology on Society
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"Political Machines"Governing a Technological Society
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This text aims to interrogate the politics of the technological society. Critical of the form and intensity of the contemporary preoccupation with new technology, it examines the relation between technical innovation and political inventiveness. Paperback, 320 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 480g.
Author: Barry, Andrew
ISBN: 0485006340
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Date: 2001 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Impact of Science & Technology on Society
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"The Big Switch"Our New Digital Destiny
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Computing is turning into a utility. The shift is remaking the computer industry, bringing competitors like Google to the fore and threatening traditional stalwarts like Microsoft. This book looks at the computer revolution and its consequences, and explains why computing is changing and what this means for us. Hardback, 224 pages. Size: 244 x 170 mm. Weight: 557g.
Author: Carr, Nicholas G.
ISBN: 0393062287
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Ltd
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Impact of Science & Technology on Society
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"The Rise of the Network Society Economy, Society and Culture"The Information Age
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"The Information Age" series; This text covers the economic and social dynamics of the information age. It aims to formulate a systematic theory of the information society which takes account of the fundamental effects of information technology on the contemporary world. With 32. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 624 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 918g.
Author: Castells, Manuel
ISBN: 0631221409
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
Date: 2000 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Impact of Science & Technology on Society (V.1)
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"The Labyrinths of Information"Challenging the Wisdom of Systems
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This work takes an unusual approach to the use of information and communication technologies. The author uses metaphors such as bricolage and gestell to place a concern for human existence and our working lives at the centre of the study of ICTs and their use. With 1 line drawing, 2 tables. Paperback, 212 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 279g.
Author: Ciborra, Claudio
ISBN: 0199275262
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Impact of Science & Technology on Society
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"The Golem at Large"What You Should Know About Technology
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"Canto" series; The authors demonstrate that the imperfections in technology are related to the uncertainties in science described in the first volume. With 4 line figures. Paperback, 176 pages. Size: 217 x 139 mm. Weight: 220g.
Author: Collins, Harry Pinch, Trevor
ISBN: 0521012708
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
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"Questioning Technology"
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Questioning Reality convinces us that it is vital that we learn more about technology the better to live with it and manage it. With references. Paperback, 264 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 476g.
Author: Feenberg, Andrew
ISBN: 0415197554
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 1999 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Impact of Science & Technology on Society
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"The Internet Imaginaire"
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Examines the collective vision that shaped the emergence of the Internet - the social imagination that envisioned a technological utopia in the birth of a new technology. This book examines in detail the discourses surrounding the development of the Internet in the United States in the 1990s. Paperback, 264 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 346g.
Author: Flichy, Patrice
ISBN: 0262562383
Publisher: Mit Press Ltd
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Impact of Science & Technology on Society
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"A Culture of Improvement"Technology and the Western Millennium
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Why does technology change over time, how does it change, and what difference does it make? This title shows how technological change in the West has been driven by the pursuit of improvement. It offers a history of technology, from plows and printing presses to penicillin, the atomic bomb, and the computer. With 117 illustrations. Hardback, 576 pages. Size: 237 x 212 mm. Weight: 1237g.
Author: Friedel, Robert
ISBN: 0262062623
Publisher: Mit Press Ltd
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Impact of Science & Technology on Society
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"Computers, Science and Society"
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With 25ill.. Paperback, 112 pages. Size: 220 x 140 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: George, Frank Honywill
ISBN: 0301700524
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Date: 1970
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"What Just Happened"A Chronicle From the Information Frontier
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A chronicle of the decade that gives us a unique perspective on the technology that has re-arranged our world. Paperback, 256 pages. Size: 216 x 135 mm. Weight: 345g.
Author: Gleick, James
ISBN: 0349115389
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Impact of Science & Technology on Society
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"The Undergrowth of Science"Delusion, Self-Deception and Human Frailty
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The themes in the stories related in this work are collective delusion and human folly. Science is generally seen as a process bound by rigorous rules, which its practitioners must not transgress. Walter Gratzer explores the spread of scientific gossip which can result in mass hysteria. With numerous halftones and line illustrations. New ed. Paperback, 338 pages. Size: 196 x 129 mm. Weight: 371g.
Author: Gratzer, Walter
ISBN: 0198604351
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2001 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Impact of Science & Technology on Society
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