Impact of science and technology on society

Life for early humans wasn't easy.

Science is the study of our world, as it is in its messy reality.

The main aim of this book is to contribute to the relationship between science and religion.

Aimed at researchers and graduate students, this book describes how brain processes support religious expression and provides a current account of the neuroscience of religion.

These days, the idea of the cyborg is less the stuff of science fiction and more a reality, as we are all, in one way or another, constantly connected, extended, wired, and dispersed in and through technology.

In one short decade, the internet has become a critical part of our everyday lives.

The Future of Social Epistemology: A Collective Vision sets an agenda for exploring the future of what we human beings reimagining our selves and our society want, need and ought to know.

A century ago, daily life ground to a halt when the circus rolled into town.

New in paperback, from the bestselling author of Hyperspace, this spellbinding book brings together the cutting-edge research of today's foremost scientists to explore the science of tomorrow.

The first textbook to cover the history of science from antiquity through the Scientific Revolution.

Birth controlled analyses the world of selective reproduction - the politics of who gets to legitimately reproduce the future - through a cross-cultural analysis of three modes of 'controlling' birth: contraception, reproductive violence and repro-genetic technologies.

In this book, historian Maria M.

Get ready for lift-off on a Martian adventure!

The concept of mass is one of the most fundamental notions in physics, comparable in importance only to those of space and time.

The work of John Charles Fremont, Richard Byrd, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, John Wesley Powell, Susan Cooper, Rachel Carson, and Loren Eiseley represents a widely divergent body of writing.

Global Application of Prescribed Fire provides a first-hand perspective of the various methods and ways people around the world view and use prescribed fire.

One of the foremost intellectuals of his generation, French philosopher of science Michel Serres (1930-2019) broke free from disciplinary dogmas.

Is there a pill for love?

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

While the working lives of tech entrepreneurs and delivery platform workers seem far removed, both are engaged in digital labor.

Nanotechnology is a much talked about, and rapidly expanding area of science, which is sometimes little understood.

Inventing the Recording focuses on the decades in which recorded sound went from a technological possibility to a commercial and cultural artefact.

An advanced look at smart technology to promote the independence of the elderly and disabled Ongoing research and advancements in technology are essential for the continuing independence of elderly and disabled persons.

Longlisted for the Historians of British Art (HBA) Book Prize 2022Scottish zoologist D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson's visionary ideas in On Growth and Form continue to evolve a century after its publication, aligning it with current developments in art and science.

Cyber Wars gives you the dramatic inside stories of some of the world's biggest cyber attacks.

Game data science, defined as the practice of deriving insights from game data, has created a revolution in the multibillion-dollar games industry - informing and enhancing production, design, and development processes.

Explores the rich and varied interactions between nineteenth-century science and the world of opera for the first time.

Innovation has a dark side.

The Dark Mountain Project began with a manifesto published in 2009 by two English writers-Dougald Hine and Paul Kingsnorth-who felt that literature was not responding honestly to the crises of our time.

As we begin a new century, the astonishing spread of nationally and internationally accessible computer-based communication networks has touched the imagination of people everywhere.

Quantum physicist, New York Times bestselling author, and BBC host Jim Al-Khalili reveals how 8 lessons from the heart of science can help you get the most out of lifeToday's world is unpredictable and full of contradictions, and navigating its complexities while trying to make the best decisions is far from easy.

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

Cultural accounts of scientific ideas and practices have increasingly come to be welcomed as a corrective to previous-and still widely held-theories of scientific knowledge and practices as universal.

In a world of supercomputers, genetic engineering, and fiber optics, technological creativity is ever more the key to economic success.

Historian and systems engineer Lars Celander surveys the different types of drones, detailing their navigation, communication, sensor systems and weaponry.

In Rescuing Humanity, Willem H.

The digital revolution is in full force but many public and private sector leaders are stymied: How can they maximize the full potential of digital technology?

A book that finally demystifies Newton's experiments in alchemyWhen Isaac Newton's alchemical papers surfaced at a Sotheby's auction in 1936, the quantity and seeming incoherence of the manuscripts were shocking.

'A gangster read!

In die Zeit des Nationalsozialismus fallen hochtechnologische Innovationen, die bis heute als zukunftsweisend gelten, etwa bahnbrechende Waffensysteme, aber auch Verschlüsselungs- und Ortungssysteme.