Impact of Science & Technology on Society

The astronomical observations of William Herschel (17381822) made him question the accepted model of the clockwork universe. This volume explains t...

Political revolutions, economic meltdowns, mass ideological conversions and collective innovation adoptions occur often, but when they do happen, t...

'The story told here is instrumental to your own' - Jared Lanier 'Timely, erudite, important' - Ayad Akhtar What happens when our cultural and arti...

'Devastating and urgent, this book could not be more timely' Caroline Criado Perez, award-winning and bestselling author of Invisible WomenDanielle...

How do scientists impact society in the twenty-first century? Many scientists are increasingly interested in the impact that their research will ha...

Will we ever truly understand the universe? This is the story of the technologies that allow us to look up, to learn and to discover our place in t...

The Origins of Modern Science is the first synthetic account of the history of science from antiquity through the Scientific Revolution in many dec...

In the future, how many identities will you have? How many do you want? Digital technology is causing us to think differently about who we are and ...

Scientific thinking has long been linked to music theory and instrument making, yet the profound and often surprising intersections between the sci...

How do scientists impact society in the twenty-first century? Many scientists are increasingly interested in the impact that their research will ha...

*A WATERSTONES 'BEST POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR'**A TIMES 'BEST PHILOSOPHY AND IDEAS' BOOK OF 2021**A GUARDIAN 'BEST POLITICS BOOKS OF THE YEAR'*LO...

FROM THE BBC REITH LECTURER 2021'The most important book I have read in quite some time' Daniel Kahneman; 'A must-read' Max Tegmark; 'The book we'v...

What the f*ck is 5G, and how does it even work?The world loves 4G phones, tablets and other gizmos and we take the tech for granted...but when that...

What the f*ck is the Cloud, and how does it even work?Ah, The Cloud. It's such a useful bit of tech jargon isn't it? The kind that's casually throw...

A comprehensive study of refrigeration from its beginnings in America up to 1950, which shows its relation to our national development, records the...

Carnap, Quine, and Putnam held that in our pursuit of truth we can do no better than to start in the middle, relying on already-established beliefs...

Social media is an invaluable source of time-critical information during a crisis. However, emergency response and humanitarian relief organization...

Long before there was Twitter or Facebook, MySpace created an entirely new way to be a lonely, confused teenagerand music was the sites beating hea...

*AS MENTIONED ON NO SUCH THING AS A FISH*'A fascinating tour behind the scenes of the world's energy system - absolutely stuffed with interesting f...

Providing a much needed overview of the growing field of digital sociology, this handbook connects digital media technologies to the traditional so...

Over the past decade, the video camera has become a commonplace household technology. With falling prices on compact and easy-to-use cameras, as we...

Over the past decade, the video camera has become a commonplace household technology. With falling prices on compact and easy-to-use cameras, as we...