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Paperback. This text explores the relationship between race and technology. From Indian H-1B workers and Detroit techno music to karaoke and the Chicano interneta, this book uses case studies to document the use of technology - rupturing stereotypes such as Asian whizz kids and black technophobes. Editor(s): Nelson, Alondra; Tu, Thuy Linh N.; Hines, Alicia Headlam. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL; PDR; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814736043
- ISBN
- 9780814736043
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Sharing is central to how we live today: it is what we do online; it is a model of economic behaviour; and it is also a type of therapeutic talk. Sharing embodies positive values such as empathy, communication, fairness, openness and equality. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662510
- ISBN
- 9780745662510
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Condition: New
€ 24.81
€ 24.81
Hardcover. A freewheeling, sharp-shooting indictment of a tech-besotted culture. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: PDR; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 33. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393254549
- ISBN
- 9780393254549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.89
€ 27.99
€ 24.89
Paperback. "Magisterial.. Draws an elegant and illuminating parallel between the late-19th-century electrification of America and today's computing world."-Salon Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: PDR; PDZ; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393345223
- ISBN
- 9780393345223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. Reveals how automation is affecting our ability to solve problems, forge memories and acquire skills. This book shows how the most important decisions of our lives are now being made by machines and the radical effect this is having on our ability to learn. It argues that we must rethink its role in our lives. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: PDR; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099597452
- ISBN
- 9780099597452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.08
€ 11.99
€ 11.08
Hardback. An eye-opening look at the new computer revolution and the coming transformation of our economy, society, and culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: PDR; PDZ; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393062281
- ISBN
- 9780393062281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.89
€ 27.99
€ 24.89
Paperback. In recent decades, we have witnessed an explosion in the number of visual images we encounter, as our lives have become increasingly saturated with screens. Drawing on art history, theory and everyday experience, this book provides an overview of how visual materials shape and define our lives. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: PDR; UD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 187 x 22. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141977409
- ISBN
- 9780141977409
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. This seminal book injects the topic of superintelligence into the academic and popular mainstream. What happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence? Will artificial agents save or destroy us? In a tour de force of analytic thinking, Bostrom lays a foundation for understanding the future of humanity and intelligent life. Num Pages: 390 pages, black and white line drawings and halftones. BIC Classification: PDR; PDZ; UYQ; UYZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198739838
- ISBN
- 9780198739838
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.64
€ 16.99
€ 12.64
Paperback. What unites Google and Facebook, Apple and Microsoft, Siemens and GE, Uber and Airbnb? Across a wide range of sectors, these firms are transforming themselves into platforms: businesses that provide the hardware and software foundation for others to operate on. Series: Theory Redux. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; KCP; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 125 x 190 x 23. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509504879
- ISBN
- 9781509504879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.42
€ 15.42
Hardback. What unites Google and Facebook, Apple and Microsoft, Siemens and GE, Uber and Airbnb? Across a wide range of sectors, these firms are transforming themselves into platforms: businesses that provide the hardware and software foundation for others to operate on. Series: Theory Redux. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; KCP; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 134 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509504862
- ISBN
- 9781509504862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Hardback.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300190991
- ISBN
- 9780300190991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.25
€ 36.99
€ 27.25
Paperback. The trend that began with ATMs and do-it-yourself checkouts is moving at lightning speed. Everything from driving to teaching to the care of the elderly and, indeed, code-writing can now be done by smart machines. Series: New Human Frontiers. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 130. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509509560
- ISBN
- 9781509509560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.88
€ 15.88
Hardback. The trend that began with ATMs and do-it-yourself checkouts is moving at lightning speed. Everything from driving to teaching to the care of the elderly and, indeed, code-writing can now be done by smart machines. Series: New Human Frontiers. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 130. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781509509553
- ISBN
- 9781509509553
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Condition: New
€ 54.12
€ 54.12
Hardback. New medical technologies are increasingly at the centre of novel transformations in the human and social body. Whilst reproduction, health, ageing and dying have long been areas for technical intervention, the emergence of molecular biology and information technology raise far--reaching political, social and subjective questions. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JH; MB; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745627236
- ISBN
- 9780745627236
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.45
€ 73.45
Paperback. New medical technologies are increasingly at the centre of novel transformations in the human and social body. Whilst reproduction, health, ageing and dying have long been areas for technical intervention, the emergence of molecular biology and information technology raise far--reaching political, social and subjective questions. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JH; MB; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745627243
- ISBN
- 9780745627243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.08
€ 26.08
Hardcover. This book challenges the widely-held view that the information technology (IT) revolution has empowered people in the Third World. Tracing the making of the global IT regime, it shows that governments and corporations of the wealthy countries dominated this process, systematically excluding representatives of low-income countries. Series: Information Technology and Global Governance. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFF; JP; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103641
- ISBN
- 9780230103641
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Paperback. Only a few books stand as landmarks in social and scientific upheaval. Norbert Wiener's classic is one in that small company. Founder of the science of cybernetics--the study of the relationship betwee Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GPFC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306803208
- ISBN
- 9780306803208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
Hardcover. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press New Jersey
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813526522
- ISBN
- 9780813526522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.93
€ 43.99
€ 43.93
hardcover. Upon its publication, "The Origin of Species" was critically embraced in Europe and North America. But how did Darwin's theories fare in other regions of the world? This title offers the history and interpretation of the reception of Darwinism in Argentina, illuminating the ways culture shapes scientific enterprise. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JH; PDR; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226596167
- ISBN
- 9780226596167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.35€ 55.72
€ 65.35
€ 55.72
The Public Nature of Science Under Assault. Politics, Markets, Science...
Nowotny, Helga; Trute, Hans-Heinrich; Schmidt...
Hardback. Num Pages: 148 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540257912
- ISBN
- 9783540257912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.86
€ 69.86