Impact of science and technology on society

What is good technology?

Separating truth from hype, this book introduces readers to the topic of life extension in a holistic manner that provides scientific, historical, and cultural perspectives.

The philosophical theory of scientific explanation proposed here involves a radically new treatment of causality that accords with the pervasively statistical character of contemporary science.

What if climate change isn t an environmental challenge, but an energy challenge?

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It is a curious situation that technologies we now take for granted have, when first introduced, so often stoked public controversy and concern for public welfare.

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An examination of telepresence technologies through the lens of contemporary artistic experiments, from early video art through current “drone vision” works.

The concept of transhumanism emerged in the middle of the 20th century, and has influenced discussions around AI, brain-computer interfaces, genetic technologies and life extension.

"e;Doubt is our product,"e; a cigarette executive once observed, "e;since it is the best means of competing with the 'body of fact' that exists in the minds of the general public.

A shrewd and compelling examination of how political figures throughout history have used scientific findings to achieve their objectives-just as scientists have often put political forces to work to achieve their own goals.

A balanced and thought-provoking guide to all the big questions about AI and ethics Can computers understand morality?

Applying new skills to established topics, this is how you want to examine human geography.

A vivid look at China's shifting place in the global political economy of technology production How did China's mass manufacturing and "e;copycat"e; production become transformed, in the global tech imagination, from something holding the nation back to one of its key assets?

From email to video and text messaging, so much of our present social life depends on media technologies.

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A number of factors, from soaring fuel prices to genetically modified agricultural products, have greatly refocused worldwide attention on the interrelationship between technology and society and the necessity for sustainable engineering and business practices.

'A terrific book - essential reading for everyone seeking to make sense of Artificial Intelligence' Professor Sir Adrian Smith, Director and Chief Executive of the Alan Turing InstituteIn this myth-busting guide to AI past and present, one of the world's leading researchers shows why our fears for the future are misplaced.

In this eagerly-awaited new book from the author of the best-selling Nostalgia Nerd's Retro Tech, Peter Leigh takes a fun, informative and irreverent romp through the history of more than forty pieces of personal tech, charting the successes, failures and oddities from over five decades of our obsession with gadgetry.

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Roger Penrose questions some of the most fashionable ideas in physics today, including string theoryWhat can fashionable ideas, blind faith, or pure fantasy possibly have to do with the scientific quest to understand the universe?

The only book you need to understand blockchain: what it is, how it works and how it will transform business, society and our everyday lives.

In order to be able to communicate and engage with each other via new communicative spaces such as Google Earth, we need to understand as much as possible about how they work as cultural texts: how and why we make them and how we respond to them.

In The Powers of Ten by Charles and Ray Eames, a view of two people enjoying a picnic zooms up and away to show their surroundings, moving progressively farther into space, then zooms back in for a close-up of the hand of the picnicker, travelling deep into the microscopic realm.

The question 'What is art?

This book outlines social and moral guidelines to combat violent, hateful, and illegal activity on the Internet.

As with any digital technology, there are concerns about how new advancements may affect our health, safety, security, privacy, and economy.

Science, Technology and Society: Needs, Challenges and Limitations focuses on the role of science and technology in promoting development as well as its limitation in shaping the society.

The technological revolution presents a massive barrier to the development of countries that do not have access to the cutting-edge systems enjoyed in the developed world.

Leviathan and the Air-Pump examines the conflicts over the value and propriety of experimental methods between two major seventeenth-century thinkers: Thomas Hobbes, author of the political treatise Leviathan and vehement critic of systematic experimentation in natural philosophy, and Robert Boyle, mechanical philosopher and owner of the newly invented air-pump.

Why psychology is in peril as a scientific discipline-and how to save itPsychological science has made extraordinary discoveries about the human mind, but can we trust everything its practitioners are telling us?

A practical guide for scientists, politicians and citizens to the relationship between science and politics.

The harmful side of even relatively benign technology is plain to see, but is hardly ever discussed.

In 2011, amid the popular uprising against Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, the government sought in vain to shut down the Internet-based social networks of its people.

Growing sales numbers for cassette tapes in the Global North since the early 2010s have led mass media outlets to repeatedly proclaim a tape revival.

Since the earliest days of our species, technology and language have evolved in parallel.

With nanotechnology being a relatively new field, the questions regarding safety and ethics are steadily increasing with the development of the research.

A study of science and technology practices that shows how even emergent aspects of research and development remain entangled with established hierarchies.

"e;Civilization rests on a series of successful conversations.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY WIREDIn this brilliant smart-thinking book about the power and influence of social media, Professor Sinan Aral shows how 'hyper-socialization' has profoundly changed us.

Nye uses energy as a touchstone to examine the lives of ordinary people engaged in normal activities.

Since the start of the Trump era, the United States and the Western world has finally begun to wake up to the threat of online warfare and the attacks from Russia, who flood social media with disinformation, and circulate false and misleading information to fuel fake narratives and make the case for illegal warfare.

Designer Animals is an in-depth study of the debates surrounding the development of animal biotechnology, which is quickly emerging out of the laboratory and into the commercial marketplace.

"e;Doubt is our product,"e; a cigarette executive once observed, "e;since it is the best means of competing with the 'body of fact' that exists in the minds of the general public.

Why companies need to move away from a “product first” orientation to pursuing innovation based on customer need.

Case studies, personal accounts, and analysis show how to recognize and combat pseudoscience in a post-truth world.