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Impact of science & technology on society
paperback. The future once promised the certainty of a better life for all but now it is full of uncertainty, danger and fear. Our lives are surrounded by the threats, imaginary or real, posed by terrorist outrages, natural catastrophes and disasters of all kinds. Translator(s): Rose, Julie. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745636146
- ISBN
- 9780745636146
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Condition: New
€ 22.19
€ 22.19
Hardback. This book takes forward the existing state of academic understanding where security and technology intersect. It assesses the challenges posed by emerging scientific and technological developments for security while understanding how perceptions of security threats are themselves formed in relation to conceptions of science and technology. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 242
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230019706
- ISBN
- 9780230019706
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.72€ 59.86
€ 94.72
€ 59.86
Paperback. Editor(s): Dominguez-Rue, Emma; Nierling, Linda. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSP31; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 150. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837629576
- ISBN
- 9783837629576
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.61
€ 54.99
€ 39.61
The Information Revolution and the Arab World: Its Impact on State and...
Emirates Center For Strategic Studies & Resea...
Paperback. An exploration of the information and communication revolution and its effect on Arab states and societies. The book covers such fields as the implications for national development of global telecommunications trends and policies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; GTC; KNT; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860642098
- ISBN
- 9781860642098
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.91
€ 35.99
€ 30.91
Paperback. In Fungible Life Aihwa Ong traces the revolutionary scientific developments in Asia by investigating how biomedical centers in Biopolis, Singapore and China mobilize ethnicized "Asian" bodies and health data for genomic research. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JFMG; JHMC; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362647
- ISBN
- 9780822362647
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Hardcover. Details the story of a group of San Francisco Bay Area entrepreneurs - Stewart Brand and the Whole Earth network. While tracing the transformation of how our networked culture came to be, this book reminds us that the distance between the Grateful Dead and Google, between Ken Kesey and the computer itself, is not as great as we might think. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226817415
- ISBN
- 9780226817415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.79
€ 35.99
€ 28.79
Paperback. Our Battle for the Human Spirit is a comprehensive probe into what is happening to human life in the beginning of the 21st century. It explores how culture, experience, and symbolization have been replaced by scientific, discipline-based, approaches. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JHB; KC; KJ; PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487520359
- ISBN
- 9781487520359
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.64
€ 44.99
€ 39.64
Hardback. The Italian Antimafia, New Media, and the Culture of Legality is the first book to examine the online battles between the mafia and its growing cohort of opponents. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; DSB; HBJD; JF; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487501105
- ISBN
- 9781487501105
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Condition: New
€ 72.84
€ 72.84
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
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.79
€ 19.99
€ 19.79
Hardback. Communications and Mobility is a unique, interdisciplinary look at mobility, territory, communication, and transport in the 21st century with extended case studies of three icons of this era: the mobile phone, the migrant, and the container box. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFCD; PDR; UD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192019
- ISBN
- 9781405192019
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Condition: New
€ 96.76
€ 96.76
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107177857
- ISBN
- 9781107177857
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Condition: New
€ 71.22
€ 71.22
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107145771
- ISBN
- 9781107145771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.59
€ 116.59
Hardback. This collection is framed through Deleuze's symptomalogical approach which creates the ideal terrain for architecture and medical technologies of care to meet with robotics, alongside the newly emerging 'materialist landscape. Editor(s): Radman, Andrej; Sohn, Heidi. Series: New Materialisms. Num Pages: 328 pages, 45 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA; HPJ; HPN; HPS; PDA; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474421119
- ISBN
- 9781474421119
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€ 124.33€ 119.62
€ 124.33
€ 119.62
Paperback. The profound impact of information technology on intellectual and cultural life is universally acknowledged. This title brings together American and European scholars, scientists, and artists to consider how the precipitous growth of digital information and its associated technologies transform the ways we think and act. Editor(s): Bartscherer, Thomas; Coover, Roderick. Num Pages: 392 pages, 40 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: AB; JFC; JFD; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226038315
- ISBN
- 9780226038315
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.64
€ 42.99
€ 33.64
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 162
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739181508
- ISBN
- 9780739181508
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Condition: New
€ 115.95
€ 115.95
paperback. * Gives an up--to--date analysis of the relations between gender and technology * Deals with popular themes such as Donna Harraway's work on "cyborgs" * Provides a continuation to the arguments that Wajcman made in her previous Polity book Feminism Confronts Technology. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780745630441
- ISBN
- 9780745630441
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 22.28
€ 32.99
€ 22.28
Paperback. Editor(s): Miller, Ryder W. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- ibooks United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781596871434
- ISBN
- 9781596871434
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.47
€ 10.99
€ 9.47
Hardcover. In 1969, Jon Beckwith and his colleagues isolated a gene from the chromosome of a living organism. Announcing this achievement, Beckwith issued a public warning about the dangers of genetic engineering. This text traces his commitment to scientific research and social responsibility. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 halftones, 3 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009288
- ISBN
- 9780674009288
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.05
€ 47.99
€ 40.05
Paperback. Online and mobile technologies are profoundly influencing how we read and write, speak and listen, but not in the ways you might suppose. Always On draws upon a decade of research to reveal how instant messaging, cell phones, multitasking, Facebook, blogs, and internet search functions are reshaping social interaction and written culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: CFB; GTC; JFD; JFFP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199735440
- ISBN
- 9780199735440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.09
€ 34.09
Our Battle for the Human Spirit is a comprehensive probe into what is happening to human life in the beginning of the 21st century. It explores how culture, experience, and symbolization have been replaced by scientific, discipline-based, approaches. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1. BIC Classification: HR; JHB; JP; KC; KJ; PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 32. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487500474
- ISBN
- 9781487500474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.33
€ 93.33
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
€ 92.06
hardcover. Exposing the limitations of conventional approaches to the engineering and regulation of technology, Vanderburg suggests that the solution lies in a preventive strategy that situates technological growth in its human, societal, and biospheric contexts. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 39. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780802044310
- ISBN
- 9780802044310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.54
€ 86.54
Paperback. Charting the rise and fall of an experimental biomedical facility at a North American university, Culturing Bioscience offers a fascinating glimpse into scientific culture and the social and political context in which that culture operates. Series: Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; PDR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442604629
- ISBN
- 9781442604629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.96
€ 34.99
€ 31.96
Paperback. Editor(s): Hoff, Thomas; Bjorkli, Cato A. Num Pages: 277 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 169 x 14. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Tapir Academic Press Norway
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788251923415
- ISBN
- 9788251923415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.65€ 43.97
€ 55.65
€ 43.97