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Impact of science & technology on society

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Impact of science & technology on society

Paperback. The internet has profoundly shaped how Muslims perceive Islam, and how Islamic societies and networks are evolving and shifting within the twenty-first century. This book explores how these transformations and influences play out in diverse cyber Islamic environments, and how they are responding to shifts in technology and society. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HRHP; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850659501
ISBN
9781850659501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.79

Hardback. We all are aware that technology measures us, affects our lives and shapes our behaviour. This book explains how and why. It frames debates about information technology within world politic and provides a unique and timely look at the rise of digital power. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JP; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 750.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044066
ISBN
9781849044066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.43

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

€ 21.38

Paperback. Engages with the impact of modern technology on experimental physicists. This study reveals how the increasing scale and complexity of apparatus has distanced physicists from the very science which drew them into experimenting, and has fragmented microphysics into different technical traditions. Num Pages: 977 pages, 8 halftones, 113 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDN; PDR; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1384. Material Culture of Microphysics. 977 pages, 8 halftones, 113 line drawings. Engages with the impact of modern technology on experimental physicists. This study reveals how the increasing scale and complexity of apparatus has distanced physicists from the very science which drew them into experimenting, and has fragmented microphysics into different technical traditions. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: PDN; PDR; PH. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 47. Weight: 1320.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
977
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226279176
ISBN
9780226279176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.05
€ 60.12

Paperback. What can we never do? The end of each century leads to a stocktaking of human achievement and our expectations about the future. This book looks at what limits there might be to human discovery and what we might find, ultimately, to be unknowable, undoable, or unthinkable. Num Pages: 304 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA; PDR; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
VINTAGE London
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099772118
ISBN
9780099772118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Hardback. The Canal du Midi, which threads through southwestern France and links the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, was an astonishing feat of seventeenth-century engineering - in fact, it was technically impossible according to the standards of its day. This book looks at the mystery of its success as well as the canal's surprising political significance. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 328 pages, 87 halftones 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; KCP; KNGS; PDR; TBX; WGGN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140322
ISBN
9780691140322
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.21
€ 46.67

Paperback. Series: The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 13 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JM; PDR; UB; UD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 12. .
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262533386
ISBN
9780262533386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.99

hardcover. Insurgency Online shows that online activism is a ripe, new territory for non-governmental actors to raise awareness and develop support around the world. Series: Digital Futures. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JPW; PDR; UDB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802087478
ISBN
9780802087478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, 12 b&w illus. BIC Classification: PDR; UYZF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
The MIT Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262525503
ISBN
9780262525503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 25.18

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
€ 32.82

Hardcover. Series: Acting with Technology. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1H; PDR; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262017367
ISBN
9780262017367
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.00
€ 43.87

Hardcover. An exploration of the evolution of political complexity and centralizaton in Hunza, a remote high-mountain kingdom in the western Karakoram mountains. The study follows the argument that the rise of the Hunza state is linked to the construction of Hunza's large-scale irrigation works. Num Pages: 198 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBLL; HBTP; JHM; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761802044
ISBN
9780761802044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.15

Paperback. Examines the significance of scientific knowledge and situates the culture of science in relation to other cultural forces in Muslim societies. This title traces the ways in which the realms of scientific knowledge and religious authority were delineated historically. Series: The Terry Lectures. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 line-drawings. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRH; PDR; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300177718
ISBN
9780300177718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.86

Paperback. Captures the diverse, topical and timely expertise generated by the EU Kids Online project, which brings together 60 researchers in 21 countries across Europe. Editor(s): Livingstone, Sonia; Haddon, Leslie. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFF; JKSB1; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847424389
ISBN
9781847424389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.68

Paperback. Editor(s): Jansen, Axel; Franzmann, Andreas; Munte, Peter. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBTB; PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 213 x 25. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Campus Verlag
Condition
New
SKU
V9783593504872
ISBN
9783593504872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.69
€ 45.21

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823272778
ISBN
9780823272778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.19

Paperback. Living in the Labyrinth of Technology argues that the twenty-first century will be dominated by a pattern of re-creating human life in the image of technology unless society intervenes on human (as opposed to technical) terms. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 36. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802048790
ISBN
9780802048790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 47.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 88 figures. BIC Classification: AK; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 19. .
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262528948
ISBN
9780262528948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 22.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 16 charts, 5 graphs, 4 diagrams. BIC Classification: 1H; KFFK; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
International Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9789057270635
ISBN
9789057270635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.72

Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Comparative History. Num Pages: 452 pages, 10, 7 black & white halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 3J; HBG; HBTQ; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 29. Weight in Grams: 754.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
With a New Preface
Number of pages
452
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801479809
ISBN
9780801479809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.27

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