Ethical Issues: Scientific & Technological Developments

The study of the social implications of human enhancement is an interdisciplinary work that draws from the fields of political science, sociology, ...

Discussions around digital technologies, new media, platforms and information have long centred on the protection of personal data and privacy. Thi...

This edited volume brings together leading experts to explore the impact of disruptive technologies across a spectrum of Islamic countries and Musl...

Ebook available to libraries exclusively as part of the JSTOR Path to Open initiative. Theater and performance have played vital political and peda...

A brilliant young neuroscientist explains how to preserve our minds indefinitely, enabling future generations to choose to revive usJust as surge...

Every arena of science has its own flash-point issueschemistry and poison gas, physics and the atom bomband genetics has had a troubled history wit...

Chapter 12 is available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Conversations around diversity, equity, and inclusion in science communication are i...

A short, thought-provoking book about what happens to our online identities after we die. These days, so much of our lives takes place onlinebut wh...

Not since man set foot on the moon over four decades ago has there been such passion and excitement about space exploration. This enthusiasm and ea...

The Spartan City State produced what is probably one of the most iconic and ruthless military forces in recorded history. They believed that milita...

This book was originally published in 1999. When one or more essential organs failed, the consequence used to be death. However, conventional medic...

The central theme of this volume is the notion of irrational reproduction: the ways in which womens and couples reproductive choices and practices ...

Imagine a world where your brain can be interrogated to learn your political beliefs, thought crimes are punishable by law, and your own feelings c...

After centuries of neglect, the ethics of food are back with a vengeance. Justice for food workers and small farmers has joined the rising tide of ...

An Anthropogenic Table of Elements provides a contemporary rethinking of Dmitri Mendeleevs periodic table of elements, bringing together elemental ...

How can we have meaningful public conversations in the algorithmic age? This book explores how digital technologies shape our opinions and interac...

How can we have meaningful public conversations in the algorithmic age? This book explores how digital technologies shape our opinions and interac...

What role do science and technology play in society? What is the nature of expert knowledge? What is sciences relation to democracy? This introduc...

What role do science and technology play in society? What is the nature of expert knowledge? What is sciences relation to democracy? This introduc...

Advances in computer science, artificial intelligence and data management have made engineering a dynamic and rapidly expanding industry. But have ...

Human embryo research touches upon strongly felt moral convictions, and it raises such deep questions about the promise and perils of scientific pr...

Financial expert, investment advisor and New York Times bestselling author James Rickards shows how generative AI is reshaping the world of finance...

Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Some of the largest quantities of data produced today occur as the result of experiments...

Through a sweeping historical narrative spanning centuries, Hybel traces the evolution of human civilization, from the dawn of the Renaissance to t...

This book is a concise introduction to emerging concepts and ideas found at the intersection of contemporary behavioural science and artificial int...

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title in Economics 2023. In this stimulating analysis, Hannes Gerhardt outlines the potentials and challenges of a t...

Medical Humanities may be broadly conceptualized as a discipline wherein medicine and its specialties intersect with those of the humanities and so...

Since the mid-nineteenth century, there has been a notable acceleration in the development of the techniques used to confirm identity. From fingerp...

One of the pathways by which the scientific community confirms the validity of a new scientific discovery is by repeating the research that produce...

A Financial Times 'Best Thing I Read This Year' LONGLISTED FOR THE FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDGoogle. Amazon. Facebook. The m...