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Impact of science & technology on society
hardcover. Nanotechnology and Ethical Governance in the European Union and China Num Pages: 239 pages, 9 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1QFE; JFMG; PDR; TBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer Switzerland
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319182322
- ISBN
- 9783319182322
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.01
€ 106.01
Hardback. Editor(s): Lourtioz, Jean-Michel; Lahmani, Marcel; Dupas-Haeberlin, Claire; Hesto, Patrice. Translator(s): Lyle, Stephen N. Num Pages: 438 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, 185 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDR; TBN; TDPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 853.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 438
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319193595
- ISBN
- 9783319193595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.40
€ 163.40
Paperback. New technology often creates novel situations for which no ethical policy exists or seems immediately obvious. In an area as broad as nanotechnology, there will be a range of possibilities for use and abuse. As a result, it is important to separate fact from fiction when considering how to formulate new and appropriate ethical policies. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDR; TBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470084175
- ISBN
- 9780470084175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.17
€ 73.17
Paperback. Editor(s): Snickars, Pelle; Vonderau, Patrick. Num Pages: 360 pages, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492. The iPhone and the Future of Media. 360 pages, 2 black & white halftones. Editor(s): Snickars, Pelle; Vonderau, Patrick. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: PDR. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 19. Weight: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231157391
- ISBN
- 9780231157391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Hardback. Editor(s): Snickars, Pelle; Vonderau, Patrick. Num Pages: 360 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231157384
- ISBN
- 9780231157384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.32€ 83.75
€ 109.32
€ 83.75
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745634197
- ISBN
- 9780745634197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.36
€ 31.99
€ 31.36
Hardback. Editor(s): Jin, Dal Yong. Series: Mobile Communication in Asia: Local Insights, Global Implications. Num Pages: 253 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; GTC; JFD; KNT; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789402408249
- ISBN
- 9789402408249
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.51
€ 67.51
Paperback. Behavior genetics has always been a breeding ground for controversies. From the "criminal chromosome" to the "gay gene," claims about the influence of genes like these have led to often vitriolic national debates about race, class, and inequality. The author traces the field of behavior genetics back to its origins in the 1950s. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: JHB; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226058450
- ISBN
- 9780226058450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Hardcover. Behavior genetics has always been a breeding ground for controversies. From the "criminal chromosome" to the "gay gene," claims about the influence of genes like these have led to often vitriolic national debates about race, class, and inequality. The author traces the field of behavior genetics back to its origins in the 1950s. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: JHB; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226058313
- ISBN
- 9780226058313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.06€ 79.61
€ 95.06
€ 79.61
Hardback. It is during the nineteenth-century, the age of machinery, that we begin to witness a sustained exploration of the literal and discursive entanglements of minds, bodies, machines. This book explores the impact of technology upon conceptions of language, consciousness, human cognition, and the boundaries between materialist and esoteric sciences. Editor(s): Coleman, Deirdre; Fraser, Hilary. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284678
- ISBN
- 9780230284678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.27
€ 67.27
Hardcover. The tools of corporate efficiency - expert systems, databases, and operations management - have improved our lives significantly, but with a cost: they're turning us into mindless drones. This book traces how these IT-intensive management systems have come to dominate our lives, with a profound effect in particular on the middle class. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: KJQ; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465018444
- ISBN
- 9780465018444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.68
€ 30.99
€ 20.68
Paperback. Discusses the all-pervading technologies that now surround us, and from which we derive instant information, connected identity, diminished privacy and exceptionally vivid here-and-now experiences. In the author's view they are creating a new environment, with vast implications, because our minds are physically adapting: being rewired. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JMC; JMR; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846044311
- ISBN
- 9781846044311
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. The troubling story of how a cadre of influential scientists have clouded public understanding of scientific facts to advance a political and economic agenda. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDR; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254. How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming. 368 pages, Illustrations. The troubling story of how a cadre of influential scientists have clouded public understanding of scientific facts to advance a political and economic agenda. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFMG; PDR; RNPG. Dimension: 142 x 197 x 23. Weight: 252.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408824832
- ISBN
- 9781408824832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.88
€ 19.99
€ 14.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: PDR; PDX; TBX; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 106 x 14. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Anniversary
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262529310
- ISBN
- 9780262529310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.22
€ 27.99
€ 21.22
Paperback. This study examines the role of technological innovation during the rise of social groups in the Middle Ages Series: Galaxy Books. Num Pages: 224 pages, plates. BIC Classification: PDG; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1966
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195002669
- ISBN
- 9780195002669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.72
€ 26.72
Hardcover. This text calls attention to the importance of technology assessment in medicine - the evaluation of the effects of medical treatments - with particular reference to medical innovations. It also identifies important policy implications that can be drawn from the study of successful innovations. Editor(s): Frazier, Howard S.; Mosteller, Frederick. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 computer line illustrations. BIC Classification: MBGR; MBX; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674563629
- ISBN
- 9780674563629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.37€ 88.00
€ 97.37
€ 88.00
Hardback. The Meaning of Liberty Beyond Earth Editor(s): Cockell, Charles S. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JMS; PDR; VXQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319095660
- ISBN
- 9783319095660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.92
€ 194.92
Paperback. The life of Matvei Petrovich Bronstein (1906-1938) was closely intertwined with the social, historical and scientific context of one of the most tragic and intriguing periods of Russian history. This book examines the man and his times. Translator(s): Levina, V. M. Series: Modern Birkhauser Classics. Num Pages: 198 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: BGT; PDR; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Basel Switzerland
- Edition
- 1994
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034801997
- ISBN
- 9783034801997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book explores the relationships between European integration and material infrastructures. Taking transnational infrastructures as the focal point of study, the book focuses on the various forms of mediation between the material, institutional and discursive levels of European integration and fragmentation in a truly transnational perspective. Editor(s): Badenoch, Alexander; Fickers, Andreas. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; KCZ; PDR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230232891
- ISBN
- 9780230232891
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.69
€ 67.69
Paperback. A study of the existing and future research on the intersections between law and materiality, leading to the illumination of both. Editor(s): Faulkner, Alex; Lawless, Christopher. Series: Journal of Law and Society Special Issues. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; MBS; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 247 x 7. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444361520
- ISBN
- 9781444361520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.60
€ 29.60