Impact of Science & Technology on Society

A radical proposal for how a tiny organism can transform our understanding of human relations  Serving as both a guide and companion publication to...

The more we know about the catastrophic implications of climate change, the more fossil fuels we burn. How did we end up in this mess?In this now c...

This book is for anyone enthralled by the romantic dream of a voyage 'to the stars.' From our current viewpoint in the twenty-first century, crewed...

From the telegraph and telephone in the 1800s to the internet and social media in our own day, the public has welcomed new communication systems. W...

'fascinating' Brian Cox This is the story of citizen science. Where once astronomers sat at the controls of giant telescopes in remote locations...

THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Jonathan Haidt is a modern-day prophet, disguised as a psychologist . . . He points the way forward to a brighter...

Situationships, ghosting, therapy speak, monogamy or non-monogamy... Dating is hard. But why? Dating & sex journalist Rachel Thompson investiga...

The media and the politicians are always screaming at us about horrifying, end-of-the-world threats, and also about miraculous new technologies tha...

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

Drawing on decades of research, The Extinction of Experience is a philosophical defence of what makes us human and a powerful, urgent call to recl...

One of the BBC's most anticipated books for 2024An i-D non-fiction book of 2024A Stylist non-fiction book of 2024'An essential book' i-DWhat happe...

This book offers a manifesto for a radical existentialism aiming to regenerate the place of the outside that contemporary theory underestimates. Ne...

The life and chemical sciences are in the midst of a period of rapid and revolutionary transformation that will undoubtedly bring societal benefits...

This book offers a manifesto for a radical existentialism aiming to regenerate the place of the outside that contemporary theory underestimates. Ne...

Successful democracies throughout history--from ancient Athens to Britain on the cusp of the industrial age--have used the technology of their time...

A vivid look at Chinas shifting place in the global political economy of technology production How did Chinas mass manufacturing and copycat produc...

Social media and smartphones are criticised for being addictive, destroying personal relationships, undermining productivity, and invading privacy....

Why collaborations in STEM fields succeed or fail and how to ensure successOnce upon a time, it was the lone scientist who achieved brilliant break...

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

China's rapid development in high-tech innovation, including high-speed rail, mobile internet applications, artificial intelligence, etc., has attr...

Animal People introduces readers to the professionalized world of animal protection from the perspective of those who consider themselves to be mod...

Animal People introduces readers to the professionalized world of animal protection from the perspective of those who consider themselves to be mod...

This book is written by AutomationML experts that have industrially implemented AutomationML in pattern solutions for a large variety of applicatio...

This book provides the fundamental underlying mathematical theory, numerical algorithms and effi cient computational tools for the solution of mult...

Activists use digital technologies to communicate, coordinate, and organize for social change. But these big corporate digital platforms are also u...

Activists use digital technologies to communicate, coordinate, and organize for social change. But these big corporate digital platforms are also u...

This book provides application of multi criteria decision making techniques for managerial discretion. With this book, a concerted platform has bee...

A focus on methods can currently be observed in all subfields of linguistics. Rarely, however, is a perspective taken that integrates these individ...

We love to imagine the future. But why are groundbreaking future technologies always just around the corner, and never a reality?For decades we've ...