Impact of Science & Technology on Society

Human enhancement has become a major concern in debates about the future of contemporary societies. This interdisciplinary book is devoted to clari...

In Science for Life acclaimed science writer Brian Clegg cuts through the vested interests and confusing contradictory statements that litter the m...

Countering recent hype around technology, a leading expert argues that the endurance of dictatorship in China owes less to facial recognition AI an...

Over the past five centuries, advances in Western understanding of and control over the material world have strongly influenced European responses ...

This book examines the most recent and contentious issues in relation to cybercrime facing the world today, and how best to address them. The contr...

The history of the modern sciences has long overlooked the significance of domesticity as a physical, social, and symbolic force in the shaping of ...

In The Will to Predict, Egl Rindzeviit demonstrates how the logic of scientific expertise cannot be properly understood without knowing the concept...

In Blockchain Chicken Farm, the technologist and writer Xiaowei Wang explores the political and social entanglements of technology in rural China. ...

Growing Down explores the theological and psychological implications of humanity's fascination with technology. Author Jaco Hamman examines how our...

A broad explanation of the various dimensions of the problem of bad speech on the internet within the American context. One of the most fiercely d...

Ursachen spielen im Alltag und in der Wissenschaft eine zentrale Rolle. Wir stützen uns auf Ursachenwissen wenn wir Vorhersagen machen, wenn wir Ph...

Issues that mix science and politics present some of today's most daunting ethical questions. Did China violate the human rights of prisoners in 20...

'Co-Intelligence is the very best book I know about the ins, outs, and ethics of generative AI. Drop everything and read it cover to cover NOW' Ang...

Margaret Cavendish (16231673) is a fascinating figure who is getting increasing attention by historians of philosophy these days, and for good reas...

Margaret Cavendish (16231673) is a fascinating figure who is getting increasing attention by historians of philosophy these days, and for good reas...

Chapter 2, 'Pay no attention to the model behind the curtain', Chapter 4, 'Mind the hubris: Complexity can misfire', and Chapter 8, ' Sensitivity a...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2015WINNER OF THE JERWOOD PRIZEONE OF WIRED's NON-FICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADEWe spend more...

All My Friends Live in my Computer combines personal stories, media studies, and interdisciplinary theories to examine case studies from three uniq...

A comprehensive historical survey of the work of undertakers in the first half of the twentieth century, essential reading for anyone interested in...

A subtle and sometimes disturbing account of how technology has impacted upon human culture.

'Utterly brilliant' Helena Kennedy'A brilliant expose' Roger McNameeNo longer an uncertain technology of the distant future, artificial intelligenc...