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Impact of science & technology on society

Paperback. A bold exploration of the human brain's potential by the internationally bestselling author of The Singularity is Near Num Pages: 352 pages, 55. BIC Classification: PDR; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715647332
ISBN
9780715647332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

paperback. Editor(s): Cockell, Charles S (British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge). Series: Space and Society. Num Pages: 247 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JMS; LBB; PDR; VXQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Switzerland
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319367910
ISBN
9783319367910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 160.89

Hardback. What implications does the Internet hold for human rights? This study describes the development and use of the Internet for human rights and examines its impact across the world upon various sectors of society. It discusses trends in human rights promotion and protection. Editor(s): Hick, Steven; Halpin, Edward F.; Hoskins, Eric. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPVH; PDR; UDB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333777336
ISBN
9780333777336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.24

Hardback. Editor(s): Pinn, Anthony B. Series: Studies in Humanism and Atheism. Num Pages: 239 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRQA; JFD; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319317137
ISBN
9783319317137
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.85

Hardcover. Offers a vivid description of the ongoing transformation of the web into something that is widely recognized and that will have an enormous impact on how people work and live their lives in the future. Presents concepts that will help readers understand why the web evolved as it did, what is going on right now, and what will happen next. Series: Technology, Work and Globalization. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJE; PDR; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137305695
ISBN
9781137305695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.04

Paperback. What hope will there be for us when computers take over most of the tasks that people now get paid to do? Humans are Underrated shows us we must look to unlikely places, learn from the best, and cultivate the human abilities that make us unique. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: PDR; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 181 x 23. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857886603
ISBN
9781857886603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823269617
ISBN
9780823269617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Hardback. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3233 x 5193 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823269600
ISBN
9780823269600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.94

Paperback. Series: Human-Computer Interaction Series. Num Pages: 93 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white tables, 20 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; PDR; UBJ; UYZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 185.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
93
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447173090
ISBN
9781447173090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.00

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
€ 19.87

Hardback. This text is intended as an introductory overview of the emergence of Science, Technology and Society Studies (STS) as a field of study, as well as a summary of interests and concerns. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742500662
ISBN
9780742500662
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.39

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
€ 36.61

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

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

€ 71.29
€ 60.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742539372
ISBN
9780742539372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.06

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
€ 17.77

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

€ 59.41
€ 46.96

Paperback. Shows designers how to make three designs as widely useable as possible. This book also shows managers and business design strategists how 'inclusive design' can be good for the profitability and reputations of their companies. Num Pages: 608 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AKP; PDR; TBC; TBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 192 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2003rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852337001
ISBN
9781852337001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 323.10

Paperback. The late 20th century has been named the Information Age, but the authors of this text challenge this idea in a sweeping history of information technology from the ancient Sumerians to the world of Alan Turing. They show how revolutions in information storage transformed ways of thinking. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDR; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801864124
ISBN
9780801864124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.50

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