Impact of science and technology on society

Algorithmic recommender systems, deployed by media companies to suggest content based on users' viewing histories, have inspired hopes for personalized, curated media but also dire warnings of filter bubbles and media homogeneity.

Cochlear Ltd, together with its university partner and many other collaborators, has returned hearing to over 160 000 people thanks to the development of its hearing implant.

Floods, fires, famines, epidemics and disasters of all kinds are on the increase, and as their frequency rises so does the call for greater resilience.

The author of The Long Descent examines a solution for the troubles of our modern age: technical regression.

Operating between film theory, media philosophy, archival practice, and audiovisual research, Jiri Anger focuses on the relationship between figuration and materiality in early films, experimental found footage cinema, and video essays.

Technology Integration and Transformation of Elections in Africa serves as a standard textbook and a reference guide to students in both undergraduate and graduate programs in tertiary institutions where elaborate discourse on the impact of technology to political elections and advancements across the continental Africa have continued to gain weight.

Through the frame of Zoom, this collection of essays examines the rapid emergence of videoconferencing in everyday life under COVID-19, its preexisting performative logic, and the ongoing implication of these practices for millions of individuals and institutions.

A sweeping history of and meditation on humanity's relationship with machines, showing how we got here and what happens nextFaith in technological fixes for our problems is waning.

Negotiating the terrain between techno-optimism and eco-pessimism, this work establishes the political connections between technologies of the body, property, and the environment.

This book provides an overview of the history of interactions between science and religion, with an emphasis on Christianity.

What can technology do for feminism?

Discover the extraordinary role of plants in modern forensics, from their use as evidence in the trials of high profile murderers such as Ted Bundy to high value botanical trafficking and poaching.

The bestselling author "e;wields impressive intellectual weapons in demolishing the New Atheists' claims that science has disproven the existence of God"e; (Booklist, starred review).

Hornborg argues that we are caught in a collective illusion about the nature of modern technology that prevents us from imagining solutions to our economic and environmental crises other than technocratic fixes.

`The overall purpose of human communication is - or should be - reconciliation.

Well-run modern zoos and aquariums do important research and conservation work and teach visitors about the challenges of animals in the wild and the people striving to save them.

By 2062 we will have built machines as intelligent as us - so the leading artificial intelligence and robotics experts predict.

Uncertainty is interwoven into human existence.

Is the Internet erasing national borders?

Profiling 60 medical innovations and milestones from the 11th through 21st centuries, this book highlights the people and stories behind these key moments while also exploring their historical context and enduring legacy.

An exploration of how design might be led by marginalized communities, dismantle structural inequality, and advance collective liberation and ecological survival.

This encyclopedia offers an interdisciplinary approach to studying science and technology within the context of world history.

Although the Scientific Revolution has long been regarded as the beginning of modern science, there has been little consensus about its true character.

The fight for the future of the city street between pedestrians, street railways, and promoters of the automobile between 1915 and 1930.

Protecting U.

Honouring the memory of the late Bernard Stiegler, this edited collection presents a broad spectrum of contributions that provide a complex and coherently articulated image of Stiegler's thought which reached beyond the boundaries of academic, artistic and experimental techno-scientific enclaves where it had been originally received.

We inhabit a world not only full of natural dispositions independent of human design, but also artificial dispositions created by our technological prowess.

How hackers facilitate community technology projects that counter the monoculture of "e;big tech"e; and point us to brighter, innovative horizons.

In New Science, New World Denise Albanese examines the discursive interconnections between two practices that emerged in the seventeenth century-modern science and colonialism.

The casebook aims at providing the latest case materials for researchers and students who are keen to learn about the consumerization and transformation effects of digital technology.

Australia is home to an incredible diversity of native animals.

Nobel Laureate Leon N.

While in many university courses attention is given to the human side, as opposed to the technical side of engineering, it is by and large an afterthought.

Why absolute certainty is impossible in scienceIn today's unpredictable and chaotic world, we look to science to provide certainty and answers-and often blame it when things go wrong.

Today's information technology often seems to take on a life of its own, spreading into every part of our lives.

Urban expert John Rossant and business journalist Stephen Baker look beyond the false promises of the past to examine the real future of transportation and the repercussions for the world's cities, the global economy, the environment, and our individual lives.

Shifting Gears is a richly illustrated exploration of the American era of gear-and-girder technology.

There is a widely held conception that progress in science and technology is our salvation, and the more of it, the better.

Artificial intelligence is an essential part of our lives - for better or worse.

Scientists have identified southern China as a likely epicenter for viral pandemics, a place where new viruses emerge out of intensively farmed landscapes and human--animal interactions.

This is the first book-length introductory analysis of the concept of a created scientific controversy.

The prolific Margaret Cavendish (1623-1673) published books on natural philosophy as well as stories, plays, poems, orations, allegories, and letters.

Argues that treating people and artificial intelligence differently under the law results in unexpected and harmful outcomes for social welfare.

Skillfully deploying a large cast of characters, Sheehan retraces the development of Marxist philosophy of science through detailed and highly readable accounts of the debates that have characterized it.

In Enhancing Evolution, leading bioethicist John Harris dismantles objections to genetic engineering, stem-cell research, designer babies, and cloning and makes an ethical case for biotechnology that is both forthright and rigorous.

Ambitiously identifying fresh issues in the study of complex systems, Peter J.

El inicio del siglo XXI marca el comienzo del periodo más interesante y transformador que la humanidad haya conocido: la liberación del ser humano de sus cadenas biológicas y la consagración de la inteligencia como el fenómeno más importante de nuestro universo.

Something good about the smart city: a human-centered account of why the future of electricity is local.

How do we ensure security and, at the same time, safeguard civil liberties?