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Impact of science & technology on society

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.10

Hardback. Analyzing the relationship between digital technologies and society this book explores a wide range of complex social issues emerging in a new digital space. It examines both the vexing dilemmas with a critical eye as well as prompting readers to think constructively and strategically about exciting possibilities. Num Pages: 408 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; KJD; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 598.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
408
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230273467
ISBN
9780230273467
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.20

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

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

€ 36.99
€ 28.96

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.95

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

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. 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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.38

Hardback. Editor(s): Lourtioz, Jean-Michel; Lahmani, Marcel; Dupas-Haeberlin, Claire; Hesto, Patrice. Translator(s): Lyle, Stephen N. Num Pages: 438 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, 185 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDR; TBN; TDPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 853.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
438
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319193595
ISBN
9783319193595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.40

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

€ 67.27

Hardback. What impact has technology had on cultural meanings, values, and symbols? This anthropological exploration shows how technologies produce novel and sometimes jarring realignments among cultural institutions. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHMC; PDR; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137342010
ISBN
9781137342010
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.37

Hardback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107177857
ISBN
9781107177857
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.18

Hardback. This book explores the emergence of a new scientific field, synthetic biology, and the many bold promises its proponents have made to change the future of science, industry and humanity. It explores how people tried to change their practices to bring engineering and biology together and to realise such promises from within their everyday lives. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; PDR; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137495419
ISBN
9781137495419
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.40

Hardback. This book describes and analyzes a project collecting the stories of some 700 people on how computing transformed Swedish society between 1950 and 1980; explores the interaction of computing with broad transformation in economies, cultures, and societies. Series: History of Computing. Num Pages: 148 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; PDR; TBX; UBJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 248 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Springer London Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447129325
ISBN
9781447129325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Hardback. Ethical Ripples of Creativity and Innovation coaches responsible creativity, ethical anticipation, and flexible consideration of the future. Readers engage with 22 provocative cases of real-world emerging innovations to consider each innovation's potential beneficial and harmful effects now and into the future. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137505538
ISBN
9781137505538
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Hardback. In his latest book, Arthur Asa Berger offers a concise series of analyses on the transformative impact of digital devices on American society. Num Pages: 132 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCD; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137575265
ISBN
9781137575265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.04

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.76
€ 120.22

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.73

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

Hardback. .
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
162
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739181508
ISBN
9780739181508
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.72

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