Impact of science and technology on society

How should we regard the contemporary proliferation of images?

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

Research impact is increasingly expected within academia, but does the pressure to 'do impact' risk an unhealthy focus on what can be counted rather than what counts?

This interdisciplinary book enables scientists and non-specialists from various fields to delve into fascinating historical and recent scientific advancements in physics, astrophysics, genetic evolution, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence.

Death and the Body in the Eighteenth-Century Novel demonstrates that archives continually speak to the period's rising funeral and mourning culture, as well as the increasing commodification of death and mourning typically associated with nineteenth-century practices.

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.

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.

New perspectives on the iconic physicist's scientific and philosophical formationAt the end of World War II, Albert Einstein was invited to write his intellectual autobiography for the Library of Living Philosophers.

"e;Elliott and Spence have produced a tight, teachable, and timely primer on media ethics for users and creators of information in the digital age.

Why-against his mentor's exhortations to publish-did Charles Darwin take twenty years to reveal his theory of evolution by natural selection?

In the 21st century, reality television and the Internet have fed public interest in ghosts, UFOs, cryptozoology and other unusual phenomena.

How ought we to live with new technologies?

Public trust in the institutions that mediate civic life-from governing bodies to newsrooms-is low.

Food fraudsters be warned!

An Introduction to Global Media for the Twenty-First Century provides a thorough introduction to the field of global media today.

Change the story and change the future - merging science and Indigenous knowledge to steer us towards a more benign AnthropoceneIn Changing Tides, Alejandro Frid tackles the big questions: who, or what, represents our essential selves, and what stories might allow us to shift the collective psyche of industrial civilization in time to avert the worst of the climate and biodiversity crises?

From the New York Times bestselling authors of Abundance and Bold comes a practical playbook for technological convergence in our modern era.

The year 2022 has been declared by the United Nations as the "e;International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development"e;.

Wie entsteht das faszinierende Farbenspiel bei einem Sonnenuntergang?

This thought-provoking book points out that the most significant change in international relations in the 20th century was not the defeat of communism, nor the end of the Cold War, but the huge advances in communications technologies.

The twentieth century witnessed the greatest changes in technology and science that humans have ever witnessed.

This book challenges the ways we read, write, store, and retrieve information in the digital age.

A prominent scholar reveals the surprising ways that capitalism is actually the best way to follow Jesus's mandates to alleviate poverty and protect our earth.

A cultural history of gigantism in architecture and digital culture, from the Eiffel Tower to the World Trade Center.

A provocative and inspiring look at the future of humanity and science from world-renowned scientist and bestselling author Martin ReesHumanity has reached a critical moment.

Does time exist, or is it an illusion?

Darwinism and the Divine examines the implications of evolutionary thought for natural theology, from the time of publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species to current debates on creationism and intelligent design.

Theology and the Scientific Imagination is a pioneering work of intellectual history that transformed our understanding of the relationship between Christian theology and the development of science.

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Bryan Giemza challenges the myth of the solitary genius, both in scientific and humanistic endeavors, and demonstrates how Cormac McCarthy is the exceptional figure whose work allows and encourages us to interrogate the marriage of the sciences and humanities.

Against the backdrop of an increasingly dynamic world, driven by rapid digital innovation and technological advances, drones are becoming prolific within society.

An examination of the global trade and traffic in discarded electronics that reframes the question of the “right” thing to do with e-waste.

This book explores how the technical upheavals of the 21st century have changed the structures and architecture of the creation, sharing and regulation of knowledge.

Controversies and scepticism surrounding vaccinations, though not new, have increasingly come to the fore as more individuals decide not to inoculate themselves or their children for cultural, religious, or other reasons.

A comprehensive biographical guide to the scientific achievements, personal lives, and struggles of women scientists from around the globe.

Este libro se enfoca en la influencia que han tenido las TIC en la sociedad actual y el avance que han proporcionado en los diferentes campos del saber: campos que se tratan en distintos capitulos, como son, en la educacion.

This is a textbook for a survey course in physics taught without mathematics, that also takes into account the social impact and influences from the arts and society.

Many of the revolutionary effects of science and technology are obvious enough.

The free and open source software movement, from its origins in hacker culture, through the development of GNU and Linux, to its commercial use today.

A child's day in the garden with their Gran and Pa leads to a wonderful exploration of pollination.

What sets the practice of rigorously tested, sound science apart from pseudoscience?

Officials and religious scholars in the Gulf states have repeatedly banned the teaching of the theory of evolution because of its association with atheism.

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

Modern is a word much used, but hard to pin down.

**A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 and FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2023***Shortlisted for the Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2023*From the author of Spillover, the book that predicted the pandemic, Breathless is the story of Covid-19 and its fierce journey through the human population, as seen by the scientists tasked with fighting it.

How engineers and agricultural scientists became key actors inFranco''s regime and Spain''s forced modernization.

"e;Sharp and engaging"e; - The Times"e;The intricately-reported, elegantly-crafted story of the website that came out of nowhere, to change everything.

Examining the history of phrenology and physiognomy, Beauty and the Brain proposes a bold new way of understanding the connection between science, politics, and popular culture in early America.