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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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.64
€ 16.99
€ 12.64
Hardback. This book is open access under a CC-BY license. Making Medicines in Africa explores how pharmaceutical production in Africa can promote industrialisation while addressing huge unmet health care needs, if health and industrial policies can be aligned. Editor(s): Mackintosh, Maureen. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, 20 black & white tables, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 1HF; JPQB; KCP; KNDP; MBNH; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137546463
- ISBN
- 9781137546463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.28
€ 41.28
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501320026
- ISBN
- 9781501320026
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 29.75
€ 48.99
€ 29.75
Paperback. Racial and ethnic categories have appeared in recent scientific work in novel ways and in relation to a variety of disciplines: medicine, forensics, population genetics and also developments in popular genealogy. Once again, biology is foregrounded in the discussion of human identity. Editor(s): Schramm, Katharina; Skinner, David; Rottenburg, Richard. Series: Studies of the BioSocial Society. Num Pages: 226 pages, 4 tables and figures. BIC Classification: JHMP; PDR; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 167 x 11. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782386827
- ISBN
- 9781782386827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.58
€ 21.58
Paperback. Details the story of a group of San Francisco Bay Area entrepreneurs - Stewart Brand and the Whole Earth network. While tracing the transformation of how our networked culture came to be, this book reminds us that the distance between the Grateful Dead and Google, between Ken Kesey and the computer itself, is not as great as we might think. Num Pages: 354 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226817422
- ISBN
- 9780226817422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.82
€ 24.82
Paperback. Series: New Accents. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; JF; PDR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415538381
- ISBN
- 9780415538381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.57
€ 51.57
Paperback. Series: Science and Fiction. Num Pages: 269 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, 30 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AS; JHB; JNU; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319542133
- ISBN
- 9783319542133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.81
€ 27.99
€ 25.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: PDR; RGW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0015907
- ISBN
- 9781847087089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.95€ 5.99
€ 77.95
€ 5.99
Paperback. A highly contentious, very readable and totally up-to-the-minute investigation of women's natural relationship with modern technology, an association which, Plant argues, will trigger a new sexual revolution. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: GPF; JFFK; PDR; U. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857026986
- ISBN
- 9781857026986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.50
€ 15.99
€ 11.50
Paperback. Editor(s): Farman, Jason. Series: Routledge Recommends. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 black & white tables, 16 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; KNTX1; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 274 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138235830
- ISBN
- 9781138235830
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Condition: New
€ 75.64
€ 75.64
Hardcover. A dazzling look at the artists working on the frontiers of science. Num Pages: 352 pages, 70 illustrations, 8 pages of color. BIC Classification: ACXJ; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 157 x 34. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393083361
- ISBN
- 9780393083361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.13
€ 37.99
€ 32.13
Paperback. Translator(s): Cleary, Heather. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JFCA; JFD; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231175272
- ISBN
- 9780231175272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.43
€ 30.99
€ 22.43
Hardcover. We live in a world increasingly governed by technology-but at what cost? Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDR; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133. .
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393078992
- ISBN
- 9780393078992
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.68
€ 30.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. An introduction to philosophy of technology posing a wide range of philosophical questions relating to technology and its social and cultural impact in today's world. Translator(s): Shingleton, Cameron. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; PDA; PDR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 426. 224 pages. An introduction to philosophy of technology posing a wide range of philosophical questions relating to technology and its social and cultural impact in today's world. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HPCF; PDA; PDR. Dimension: 217 x 170 x 15. Weight: 422. Translator(s): Shingleton, Cameron.
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441182944
- ISBN
- 9781441182944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.17
€ 38.99
€ 33.17
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. With her customary grace, intelligence and wit, Barbara Brown Taylor explores what quantum physics, the new biology and chaos theory can teach people of faith and why scientists sound like poets and why physicists use the language of imagination, ambiguity, and mystery that is also found in scripture. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM3; HRCM; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Canterbury Press Norwich
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848259652
- ISBN
- 9781848259652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.34
€ 19.34
Paperback. From the famed Harvard psychologist and an expert on the impact of digital media technologies, a riveting exploration of the power of apps to shape our young people--for better or for worse Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JMC; PDR; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 211 x 19. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300209341
- ISBN
- 9780300209341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.29
€ 19.99
€ 16.29
Hardback. Amongst Digital Humanists brings an ethnographic account of the changing landscape of humanities scholarship as it affects individual scholars, academic fields and institutions, and argues for a pluralistic vision of digital knowledge production in the humanities. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HPK; JFD; JHMC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137484178
- ISBN
- 9781137484178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. Bruno Latour was once asked him: "Do you believe in reality?" This text is an attempt to answer this question. Through case studies of scientists in the Amazon analyzing soil and in Pasteur's lab studying lactic acid, he shows the steps by which physical events become scientific knowlege. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 halftones, 28 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674653368
- ISBN
- 9780674653368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.31
€ 41.99
€ 35.31
Hardback. Expanding on the philosophy of science to argue for a psychology of technology based on our complex relationships with our digital devices, our online lives, and our human experience, this book draws on many disciplines from philosophy and evolution to cognitive and neuroscience to examine aspects of the brain s creative development. Num Pages: 384 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 24 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JM; MMJ; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 244 x 31. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319453323
- ISBN
- 9783319453323
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.83
€ 151.83