Impact of science and technology on society

Chaos theory has captured scientific and popular attention.

In late nineteenth and early twentieth century Britain, there was widespread fascination with the technological transformations wrought by modernity.

This book is a collection of stories, reflections and advice written by proficient scientists.

Over the course of a generation, algorithms have gone from mathematical abstractions to powerful mediators of daily life.

Slated as the next big thing in tech , augmented reality promises to take the screen out of our hands and wrap it around the world via smart spectacles .

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.

Over the course of a generation, algorithms have gone from mathematical abstractions to powerful mediators of daily life.

Featuring over seventy images from the heroic age of space exploration, Through Astronaut Eyes presents the story of how human daring along with technological ingenuity allowed people to see the Earth and stars as they never had before.

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).

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?

In Virgin Mary and the Neutrino, first published in French in 2006 and here appearing in English for the first time, Isabelle Stengers experiments with the possibility of addressing modern practices not as a block but through their divergence from each other.

The field of epistemology is undergoing significant changes.

In this expansive historical synthesis, Richard Butsch integrates social, economic, and political history to offer a comprehensive and cohesive examination of screen media and screen culture globally from film and television to computers and smart phones as they have evolved through the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Analysis and case studies explore the concept of vulnerability, offering a novel and broader approach to understanding the risks and benefits of science and technology.

Humanity now stands at a crossroads between a world of unimaginable wonders and one of unprecedented terrors.

Life for early humans wasn't easy.

For many of us, the great scientific discoveries of the modern age--the Big Bang, evolution, quantum physics, relativity-- point to an existence that is bleak, devoid of meaning, pointless.

An examination of how the mobile phone has become part of the fabric of society—as did such earlier technologies as the clock and the car.

"e;Dying to Know is the work of a distinguished scholar, at the peak of his powers, who is intimately familiar with his materials, and whose knowledge of Victorian fiction and scientific thought is remarkable.

As you read this, thousands of remote computers are refining secret models of who you are, using the information to make huge fortunes for a few people.

Winner of the International Federation for Family Development Award.

Robust university-industry partnerships are vital to achieve the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and create a better world for everyone.

A nuanced, intimate picture of how young people live with and on social media.

Our digital world is often described using terms such as immateriality and virtuality.

Digitalization in Practice: Intersections, Implications and Interventions shows that as welfare is increasingly digitalized, an investigation of the social implications of this digitalization becomes increasingly pertinent.

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.

Originally published in 1830, this book can be called the first modern work in the philosophy of science, covering an extraordinary range of philosophical, methodological, and scientific subjects.

The question of why an individual would actively kill itself has long been an evolutionary mystery.

During the past decade, skepticism about climate change has frustrated those seeking to engage broad publics and motivate them to take action on the issue.

From the pilot's seat in the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, to Chernobyl's exclusion zone and to the site in Finland where highly radioactive waste will be buried, this is the incredible story of nuclear power.

Current computer technology doubles in in power roughly every two years, an increase called "e;Moore's Law.

An accessible introduction to how DNA ancestry tests work, what they can be used for, and the associated ethical issues.

Successful strategies and principles for using information technology to transform regional and community economies exist, and they are presented here with clarity and insight in a way that is useful to both practitioners and researchers.

The quantum computer is no longer the stuff of science fiction.

Why efforts to create a scientific basis of morality are neither scientific nor moral: "e;Important and timely.

Artificial Intelligence is here, today.

No study in the philosophy of science created such controversy in the seventies as Paul Feyerabend's Against Method.

In Surrogate Humanity Neda Atanasoski and Kalindi Vora trace the ways in which robots, artificial intelligence, and other technologies serve as surrogates for human workers within a labor system entrenched in racial capitalism and patriarchy.

Emergency services personnel conduct their work in situations that are inherently dangerous.

Since 1788, Australia has carried the yoke of four European seasons that make no sense in most parts of the country.

Early in the 20th century, our world was small and closed with boundaries.

This volume analyses some of the major current trends and policy challenges in the 'new economy' from the point of view of technical innovation and competence building.

In the decades following World War II, American scientists were celebrated for their contributions to social and technological progress.