Impact of science and technology on society

The Dark Side of Technology is intended as a powerful wake-up call to the potential dangers that could, in the near future, destroy our current advanced civilizations.

Forensics, Fossils and Fruitbats is a fascinating collection of more than 70 profiles of Australian scientists from 15 fields of physical, biological and medical science.

Proposing a new way of understanding the relationship between the city and personal identity, The City is Me argues that there is no longer a distance between the two.

Introduces the new field of ''political bioethics,'' focusing on the peculiarly political questions posed by human genetic engineering.

Digital networking platforms like Facebook and Twitter have revolutionized everyday human interaction by facilitating the search for, and access to, information, entertainment, and social connection.

An exploration of the moral and ethical implications of new biotechnologies Many of the ethical issues raised by new technologies have not been widely examined, discussed, or indeed settled.

How ought we to live with new technologies?

LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEARI often talk about the importance of trust when it comes to work: the trust of your employees and building trust with your customers.

In Studying Human Behavior, Helen E.

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

Investigations of how the global Cold War shaped national scientific and technological practices in fields from biomedicine to rocket science.

This authoritative reference work will provide readers with a complete overview of artificial intelligence (AI), including its historic development and current status, existing and projected AI applications, and present and potential future impact on the United States and the world.

A reindeer treks a continent under unimaginable weather extremes.

This book presents results of an international conference which addressed the interaction of aesthetical and technological dimensions within the formation of contemporary society.

A timely and accessible synthesis of the strengths, weaknesses and reality of science through the eyes of a practicing scientist.

Machine Dreams recounts how the computer has transformed the content of American economics.

This book is the proceedings of the Pan Africa Chemistry Network Biodiversity Conference which was held in September 2008.

Newton urged scientists never to speculate, only to prove by establishing experimental facts.

An innovative view of the role of fitness concepts in evolutionary theory.

In this eye-opening book, author Lloyd J.

How do we challenge the structures of late capitalism if all possible media through which to do do is inescapably capitalist?

Cyberthreats are among the most critical issues facing the world today.

How to repair the disconnect between designers and users, producers and consumers, and tech elites and the rest of us: toward a more democratic internet.

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.

Well before the current age of discourse, deconstruction, and multiculturalism, Richard McKeon propounded a philosophy of pluralism showing how "e;facts"e; and "e;values"e; are dependent on diverse ways of reading texts.

How a writer who investigated scientific anomalies inspired a factious movement and made a lasting impact on American culture.

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

Drawing on years of online research, this book presents key principles of life and wellbeing in the digital realm.

CREATE FIENDISHLY FUN SPY TOOLS AND COUNTERMEASURESFully updated throughout, this wickedly inventive guide is packed with a wide variety of stealthy sleuthing contraptions you can build yourself.

Growing Down explores the theological and psychological implications of humanity's fascination with technology.

From one of our leading thinkers, a dazzling philosophical journey through virtual worldsIn the coming decades, the technology that enables virtual and augmented reality will improve beyond recognition.

Provides a roadmap for understanding the relationship between technology and human rights law and practice.

Recent events have vividly underscored the societal importance of science, yet the majority of the public are unaware that a large proportion of published scientific results are simply wrong.

A fascinating look at the cutting-edge science and technologies that are on the cusp of changing everything from where we'll live, how we'll look, and who we'll be, by the popular science broadcaster and bestselling author Jay Ingram.

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.

How early twentieth century fumigation technologies transformed maritime quarantine practices and inspired utopian visions of disease-free global trade.

Technological advancements in the West since the last millennium have contributed to global modernity.

In the industrialized nations of the global North, well-funded agencies like the CDC attend to citizens' health, monitoring and treating for toxic poisons like lead.

This book focuses on the challenges of academic teaching in an era of technological advances.

Why all the talk about biodiversity?

What does social and political theory have to say about the role of science in society?

In A Village Goes Mobile, Sirpa Tenhunen examines how the mobile telephone has contributed to social change in rural India.

Combining classic philosophical ideas with groundbreaking recent developments in ontology, Lawson proposes a new ontology of technology, spanning several disciplines.

Quantum physicist, New York Times bestselling author, and BBC host Jim Al-Khalili offers a fascinating and illuminating look at what physics reveals about the worldShining a light on the most profound insights revealed by modern physics, Jim Al-Khalili invites us all to understand what this crucially important science tells us about the universe and the nature of reality itself.

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.