Impact of Science & Technology on Society

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This book introduces four waves of upsurge in digital activism and cyberconflict. The rise of digital activism started in 1994, was transformed by ...

What our health data tell American capitalism about our valueand how that controls our lives.Afterlives of Data follows the curious and multiple li...

'A lively examination of communal endeavour... important and correct' - Steven Poole, The GuardianAt a time of existential global challenges, we ne...

This book analyses the world of selective reproduction by a critical analysis of three modes of controlling birth, namely contraception, reproducti...

Applying insights from philosophy and cognitive science to address the urgent issue of smartphone-induced distracted driving   Although the danger...

Applying insights from philosophy and cognitive science to address the urgent issue of smartphone-induced distracted driving   Although the danger...

Recent decades have witnessed the creation of new types of property systems, ranging from data ownership to national control over genetic resources...

Well-being, happiness and quality of life are now established objects of social and medical research. Does this science produce knowledge that is p...

We live in an incredible period in history. The Computer Revolution may be even more life-changing than the Industrial Revolution. We can do things...

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Air conditioning aspires to be unnotice...

Breast cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers and a leading cause of death for women worldwide. With advances in molecular engineerin...

Breast cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers and a leading cause of death for women worldwide. With advances in molecular engineerin...

An approachable introduction to the philosophical study of ethical dilemmas in technology In the Technology Age, innovations in medical, communica...

If you want to know anything about how music surfaces today, how to find it, or how to create it, you will find what you need right here. Joseph Me...

Digital objects, in their simplest form, are data. They are also a new kind of industrial object that pervades every aspect of our life todayas onl...

Geoengineering, the idea of addressing climate change through large-scale technological projects, stands out among contested technologies in the de...

Digitalization in Practice: Intersections, Implications and Interventions shows that as welfare is increasingly digitalized, an investigation of th...