Impact of science and technology on society

Nowadays approximately 6 billion people use a mobile phone and they now take a central position within our daily lives.

Digital Broadcasting presents an introduction to how the classic notion of 'broadcasting' has evolved and is being reinterpreted in an age of digitization and convergence.

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.

An Anthropogenic Table of Elements provides a contemporary rethinking of Dmitri Mendeleev's periodic table of elements, bringing together "e;elemental"e; stories to reflect on everyday life in the Anthropocene.

This ambitious book by one of the most original and provocative thinkers in science studies offers a sophisticated new understanding of the nature of scientific, mathematical, and engineering practice and the production of scientific knowledge.

This book examines how technology such as smartphones, computers, and the internet shape our physical health, cognitive and psychological development, and interactions with one another and the world around us.

The authors demonstrate that the imperfections in technology are related to the uncertainties in science described in the first volume.

Alan Turing has long proved a subject of fascination, but following the centenary of his birth in 2012, the code-breaker, computer pioneer, mathematician (and much more) has become even more celebrated with much media coverage, and several meetings, conferences and books raising public awareness of Turing's life and work.

A comprehensive study of William Herschel''s pivotal discoveries, including an extensive biographical section, eight original papers and full notes.

**THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER**Sapiens showed us where we came from.

This is a softcover version of the title released in 2011; there is no new material.

Evolution has long shaped human behavior.

A compilation of selected papers presented at the 1989 Charles S.

Their insights are extraordinary, their behaviors unusual.

The definitive book on leadership in the digital era: why digital technologies call for leadership that emphasizes creativity, collaboration, and inclusivity.

Can we use technology in the pursuit of a good life, or are we doomed to having our lives organized and our priorities set by the demands of machines and systems?

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

With a focus on China, the United States, and India, this book examines the economic ambitions of the second space race.

This book presents work that has been conducted as part of the research project "e;Discourse on ethical questions of biomedicine"e; of the interdisciplinary Working Group Bioethics and Science Communication at the Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC)in Berlin-Buch, Germany.

October 15, 1951 marks the birthday of one of the key episodes in 20th century social history: the first synthesis of a steroid oral contraceptive in a small laboratory in Mexico City - an event that triggered the development of the Pill.

Do you know why honey drips whereas ketchup refuses to budge in the bottle?

How do scientists persuade colleagues from diverse fields to cross the disciplinary divide, risking their careers in new interdisciplinary research programs?

Communications and Mobility is a unique, interdisciplinary look at mobility, territory, communication, and transport in the 21st century with extended case studies of three icons of this era: the mobile phone, the migrant, and the container box.

Leading international scholars provide comprehensive coverage of the law as it relates to algorithms and artificial intelligence.

The Future of the World is devoted to the intriguing field of study which emerged after World War Two, futurism or futurology.

Tracing the genealogy of our physical interaction with mobile devices back to textile and needlecraft culture.

Our technology shapes the way we live, interact, work, play, and even worship.

An almanac of the future for anyone who wants to know what's new and exciting and around the corner.

Naturalism as a guiding philosophy for modern science both disavows any appeal to the supernatural or anything else transcendent to nature, and repudiates any philosophical or religious authority over the workings and conclusions of the sciences.

Will this new technology work to solve the problem its inventors claim it will?

The present volume covers the story of the history of CERN from the mid 1960s to the late 1970s.

'Extraordinary' Ai Weiwei'Brilliant' Simon SchamaFear has long been a driving force - perhaps the driving force - of world history: a coercive tool of power and a catalyst for radical change.

Kant denied biology the status of proper science, yet his account of the organism has received much attention from both philosophical and historical perspectives.

Eighty years ago, Ettore Majorana, a brilliant student of Enrico Fermi, disappeared under mysterious circumstances while going by ship from Palermo to Naples.

2020 #EndSARS protests in Nigeria demonstrate uses of new technologies and the impact of law, colonialism, and continuing marginalization.

This book reveals how embedded beliefs more so than a lack of scientific knowledge and understanding are creating a cognitive bias toward information that coincides with personal beliefs rather than scientific consensus-and that this anti-science bias exists among liberals as well as conservatives.

In How the Laser Happened, Nobel laureate Charles Townes provides a highly personal look at some of the leading events in twentieth-century physics.

How do we engage with the threat of social and environmental degradation while creating and maintaining liveable and just worlds?

Does science aim at providing an account of the world that is literally true or objectively true?

From Mastery to Mystery is an original and provocative contribution to the burgeoningfield of ecophenomenology.

"Die Natur antwortet nicht" – ein bahnbrechendes Buch, das das Verständnis von Wissenschaft und ihrer Rolle in unserer Gesellschaft neu definiert.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Wolfgang Harich (1923-1995) zählt zu den wichtigen und streitbaren Intellektuellen des 20.

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The thoroughly updated new edition of Gordon Bonan''s comprehensive textbook on terrestrial ecosystems and climate change, for advanced students and researchers.