Impact of Science & Technology on Society

'A must read for anyone interested in the emerging ethics of robotics' Irene M. PepperbergA bold, optimistic exploration of the relationship betwe...

Revolutions in Book Publishing uses dynamic methods to examine the evolution of the industry's transition from physical place to cyber space, analy...

'A powerful manifesto for the strength of we thinking' MARCUS DU SAUTOY'A treasure of a book' ROWAN WILLIAMS'Timely and engaging' IAN RANKIN'Genius...

Globalization and climate weirding are two of the leading phenomena that challenge and change the way we need to think and act within the planetary...

Globalization and climate weirding are two of the leading phenomena that challenge and change the way we need to think and act within the planetary...

Scientists and philosophers have long struggled to answer the questions of when human life begins and when human life has inherent value. The pheno...

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

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...

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...

**A New York Times Bestseller**'Co-Intelligence is the very best book I know about the ins, outs, and ethics of generative AI. Drop everything and ...

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...