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Impact of science & technology on society
Paperback. Num Pages: 82 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 6. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- National Academies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 82
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 3Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780309119702
- ISBN
- 9780309119702
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.75
€ 23.99
€ 20.75
Paperback. The contributors to this book examine how CD-ROMs offer alternatives to familiar places, especially classrooms. They argue that CD-ROMs are complex texts worthy of consideration for how they have changed our understanding of space and genre, and how they will affect the development of future media. Editor(s): Smith, Greg M. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; PDR; UG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814780817
- ISBN
- 9780814780817
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€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardcover. The atomic age was described as one that might soon end in the destruction of human civilization, but from the beginning, utopian images were attached to it as well. This book compares representations of nuclear power in popular media from around the world to to trace divergences, convergences, and exchanges. Editor(s): Van Lente, Dick. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 290 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBG; HBLW3; PDR; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340909
- ISBN
- 9780230340909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.05
€ 139.05
Paperback. A lively introduction to MIT hacks, from the police car on the Great Dome to the abduction of the Caltech cannon. Num Pages: 248 pages, 77 color illus., 65 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JNB; JNM; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 202 x 21. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Edition
- updated edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262515849
- ISBN
- 9780262515849
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.71
€ 32.99
€ 28.71
Hardcover. New technologies may have transformed human societies, but not much has been written on how they are impacting people in Africa and other developing regions, in terms of how they use technology to enhance their socioeconomic conditions in everyday life. This book critically examines these issues from theoretical, practical and policy perspectives. Series: Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137389329
- ISBN
- 9781137389329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.27
€ 67.27
Hardback. Editor(s): Gonzalez, Wenceslao J. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDA; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319218694
- ISBN
- 9783319218694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.29
€ 67.29
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745627243
- ISBN
- 9780745627243
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Condition: New
€ 26.08
€ 26.08
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
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Condition: New
€ 73.45
€ 73.45
New Information Technologies in Organizational Processes
. Ed(S): Ngwenyama, Ojelanki; Introna, Lucas ...
Hardback. Discusses the social and organizational issues surrounding the implementation and use of new technologies in organizational processes. This book discusses: Implementation of ERP; Electronic commerce; Intranet implementation; The management of standards; Issues of organizational analysis; Understanding BPR tools; and Collaborative technologies. Editor(s): Ngwenyama, Ojelanki; Introna, Lucas D.; Myers, Michael David; DeGross, Janice. Series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJU; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792385783
- ISBN
- 9780792385783
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Condition: New
€ 200.21
€ 200.21
Paperback. This book attempts to rethink the concept of technological literacy in a modern context, not only in terms of a subject area taught in schools, but also as an important general concept that all citizens should engage with. As this book will illustrate, the concept of technological literacy has no universally agreed definition. Editor(s): Dakers, John R. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JN; PDR; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137386328
- ISBN
- 9781137386328
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Condition: New
€ 52.93€ 45.80
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Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 44 figures, 13 tables. BIC Classification: JFDV; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262526166
- ISBN
- 9780262526166
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.55
€ 21.99
€ 20.55
Paperback. Editor(s): Purcell, Patrick. Num Pages: 441 pages, 136 black & white illustrations, 18 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDR; TJK; UT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 619.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 441
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849965675
- ISBN
- 9781849965675
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Condition: New
€ 129.25
€ 129.25
Paperback. Explores ethical interpretations of biotechnology and examines whether sufficient consensus exists or is emerging to enable this technology to occupy a stable role in the techno-economic, social and cultural order. The contributors address the nature and implications of biotechnologies for nature, life and social organisation. Editor(s): Campling, Jo; O'Mahony, Patrick. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPF; HPQ; JFFR; JHBA; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333665886
- ISBN
- 9780333665886
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Condition: New
€ 71.57
€ 71.57
Paperback. Editor(s): Schmoch, Ulrich; Rammer, Christian; Legler, Harald. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 801.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048172269
- ISBN
- 9789048172269
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Condition: New
€ 196.45
€ 196.45
Hardcover. Editor(s): Vargas, Sylvia. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFS; PDR; TJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 239 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634824330
- ISBN
- 9781634824330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 263.77€ 197.62
€ 263.77
€ 197.62
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB; JFCD; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 220 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137440303
- ISBN
- 9781137440303
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.83
€ 116.83
Paperback. Trekking across the technoscapes and the dreamscapes of nanotechnology, the author elaborates a theory of nanovision, demonstrating that nanotechnology has depended throughout its history on a symbiotic relationship with science fiction. Num Pages: 296 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR; PDZ; TBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822342656
- ISBN
- 9780822342656
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.75
€ 30.99
€ 27.75
Paperback. Editor(s): Roco, Mihail C.; Bainbridge, William S. Num Pages: 365 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDR; TBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 563.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 365
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048171651
- ISBN
- 9789048171651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.86
€ 194.86
Hardback. Advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology promise great technical breakthroughs. This book reviews the possible uses of these impending technical developments in various industrial, medical, and national security applications. It examines the corresponding ethical, legal, social, economic, and educational issues that these developments raise. Editor(s): Roco, Mihail C.; Bainbridge, William Sims. Num Pages: 365 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDR; TBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 713.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 365
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402046582
- ISBN
- 9781402046582
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.80
€ 196.80
hardcover. Drawing together insights from media studies, sociology and science and technology studies, this book is one of the first major studies of media coverage, policy debates and public perceptions of nanotechnologies, and makes a fascinating and timely contribution to debates about the public communication of science. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFT; PDR; TBN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230506930
- ISBN
- 9780230506930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.54
€ 66.54