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Impact of science & technology on society
Hardcover. Uncertainty is interwoven into human existence. It is a powerful incentive in the search for knowledge and an inherent component of scientific research. We have developed many ways of coping with uncertainty. We make promises, manage risks and make predictions to try to clear the mists and predict ahead. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745687612
- ISBN
- 9780745687612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.41€ 50.94
€ 59.41
€ 50.94
Hardcover. Series: Macmillan Science. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGH; PDR; PDX; PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 471.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403944962
- ISBN
- 9781403944962
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.80€ 69.75
€ 81.80
€ 69.75
Paperback. In this important new book, Jacques Derrida talks with Bernard Stiegler about the effect of teletechnologies on our philosophical and political moment. Improvising before a camera, the two philosophers are confronted by the very technologies they discuss and so are forced to address all the more directly the urgent questions that they raise. Translator(s): Bajorek, Jennifer. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JHM; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745620374
- ISBN
- 9780745620374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.53
€ 23.53
Paperback. Series: Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 274 pages, 13 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JHMC; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823270477
- ISBN
- 9780823270477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. An ever-increasing proliferation of cross-border connectivity, between people, companies, cities and nations, is reshaping the world for ever Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: GTF; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474604253
- ISBN
- 9781474604253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: PDR; RGW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847087096
- ISBN
- 9781847087096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. What does it mean to be an expert? This book offers a fresh perspective on the role of expertise in the practice of science and the public evaluation of technology. Num Pages: 176 pages, 8 halftones, 6 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226113616
- ISBN
- 9780226113616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.57
€ 37.57
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262036092
- ISBN
- 9780262036092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 44.03
€ 50.99
€ 44.03
Hardback. Editor(s): Taylor, Linnet; Floridi, Luciano; Sloot, Bart van der. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 237 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; LNDC2; PDR; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 543.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319466064
- ISBN
- 9783319466064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.59
€ 183.59
Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, charts and graphs. BIC Classification: KC; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Nation Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568585215
- ISBN
- 9781568585215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 28.64
€ 43.99
€ 28.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, Includes 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: KJE; KJWX; PDR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 16. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472437204
- ISBN
- 9781472437204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.29
€ 50.29
Paperback. The new edition of this authoritative introduction to the philosophy of technology includes recent developments in the subject, while retaining the range and depth of its selection of seminal contributions and its much-admired editorial commentary. Editor(s): Scharff, Robert C.; Dusek, Val. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: HP; PDA; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 195 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1240.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 696
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118547250
- ISBN
- 9781118547250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.32
€ 69.32
Paperback. The fight for the future of the city street between pedestrians, street railways, and promoters of the automobile between 1915 and 1930. Series: Inside Technology. Num Pages: 408 pages, 12 b&w photos, 28 b&w illus. BIC Classification: KNGR; PDR; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- SECOND PRINTING
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262516129
- ISBN
- 9780262516129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 38.90
€ 44.99
€ 38.90
Paperback. A brief and approachable introduction to this sociological issue. Without assuming any scientific background, Bucchi provides clear summaries of all the major theoretical positions within the sociology of science, using many fascinating examples to illustrate them. Translator(s): Belton, Adrian. Num Pages: 168 pages, 19 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JH; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415322003
- ISBN
- 9780415322003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.42
€ 65.42
Paperback. * This is a remarkable study of the impact on online technologies on professional workers. * Gregg introduces the notion of work's intimacy to describe the way technology exacerbates the expectations of professional jobs as they come to invade spaces and times that were once less susceptible to work's presence. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JHBL; JHMC; PDR; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745650289
- ISBN
- 9780745650289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.81
€ 24.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 figures. BIC Classification: JFCA; PDR; UBJ; UDBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 231 x 30. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262529877
- ISBN
- 9780262529877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.37
€ 21.99
€ 19.37
Paperback. Editor(s): Vincent, Jane; Taipale, Sakari; Sapio, Bartolomeo; Fortunati, Leopoldina; Lugano, Giuseppe. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; PDR; TJFM1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319156712
- ISBN
- 9783319156712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.32
€ 126.32
Paperback. A groundbreaking study of one of the most crucial yet least understood issues of the twenty-first century: the governance of the Internet and its content Num Pages: 296 pages, 9 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDR; UBJ; UTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300212525
- ISBN
- 9780300212525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.87
€ 30.99
€ 22.87
Paperback. * The first book to explore the social meaning of the 'always on' webcam and the role it has come to play in our lives. * Using case studies from the UK and Trinidad and Tobago, the authors examine how webcams have become an integral part of people's everyday life. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745671475
- ISBN
- 9780745671475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.53
€ 23.53
Hardback.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300190991
- ISBN
- 9780300190991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.25
€ 36.99
€ 27.25