Impact of science & technology on society
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Impact of science & technology on society
Hardback. This collection offers a set of essays that discuss the new technology of memory from a variety of perspectives that explicitly investigate their impact on the very concept of the social. Editor(s): Ssaak, Eivind R.; Lundemo, Trond; Blom, Ina. Series: Recursions. Num Pages: 332 pages, 39 full color. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBTB; PDR; UD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 240 x 23. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789462982147
- ISBN
- 9789462982147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.69
€ 161.69
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€ 21.13
€ 27.99
€ 21.13
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. 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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
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
€ 29.99€ 20.47
€ 29.99
€ 20.47
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
€ 67.83
€ 67.83
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
€ 93.34€ 78.69
€ 93.34
€ 78.69
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
€ 28.00€ 25.81
€ 28.00
€ 25.81
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
€ 31.36
€ 31.36
Paperback. Editor(s): Sagebiel, Felizitas. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Verlag Barbara Budrich Germany
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783940755810
- ISBN
- 9783940755810
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 37.19
€ 43.99
€ 37.19
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
€ 107.34€ 82.78
€ 107.34
€ 82.78
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
€ 36.99€ 27.39
€ 36.99
€ 27.39
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
€ 72.33
€ 72.33
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
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.75
€ 36.99
€ 27.75
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
€ 117.90
€ 117.90
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
€ 259.00€ 194.25
€ 259.00
€ 194.25
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333665886
- ISBN
- 9780333665886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.21
€ 72.21
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.55
€ 21.99
€ 20.55
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.10€ 46.12
€ 53.10
€ 46.12