Impact of Science & Technology on Society

Why companies need to move away from a product first orientation to pursuing innovation based on customer need. In the past, companies found s...

Computer software and its structures, devices and processes are woven into our everyday life. Their significance is not just technical: the algorit...

An argument in favor of finding a place for humans (and humanness) in the future digital economy. In the digital economy, accountants, baristas,...

America's economic revolution isn't just driven by technology. It's about markets.The past twenty-five years have witnessed a remarkable shift in h...

The first book to look critically at digital technologies and the role they play within queer lives in contemporary IndiaThis pioneering interdisci...

The nanotechnology revolution that will transform human health and longevityNano Comes to Life opens a window onto the nanoscalethe infinitesimal r...

How science consultants make movie science plausible, in films ranging from 2001: A Space Odyssey to Finding Nemo. Stanley Kubrick''s 2001: A Sp...

How marginalized groups use Twitter to advance counter-narratives, preempt political spin, and build diverse networks of dissent. The power of h...

All too often the digital revolution is depicted as a global nightmare: companies are shut down, jobs are cut, and the future is looking grim. Othe...

Who benefits from smart technology? Whose interests are served when we trade our personal data for convenience and connectivity? Smart technolog...

''Boldly reactionary... What looks like feast, Carr argues, may be closer to famine'' Sunday Times''Chilling'' The EconomistIn this ground-breaking...

The digital world profoundly shapes how we work and consume and also how we play, socialize, create identities, and engage in politics and civic li...

We live in disruptive times. The world is changing faster than ever before, leaving people dazed, businesses struggling, economies floundering and ...

Examines how AI/Robotics is overwhelming the fundamental institutions of Western society. But are we prepared for the social impact of the vast cha...

A must read Gordon Brown A truly excellent book Sir David King The three biggest challenges facing the world today, in A. C. Graylings view, are ...

From astronomy to psychology, this beautifully illustrated chronology presents the most important and groundbreaking milestones in science.    Awa...

Technology has fractured democracy, and now theres no going back. All around the world, the fringes have stormed the palace of the elites and unle...

What is science and what can it do? Nancy Cartwright here takes issue with three common images of science: that it amounts to the combination of th...

A global energy revolution is unfolding before our eyes: ever-growing numbers of electric vehicles on our roads, laptops that last all day on a sin...

'Speckled with anecdotes, insights and surprises. It is great fun - and utterly timely' Sunday Times 'Standage writes with a masterly clarity' New...

Carlsen sees a world of wonder hiding in plain sight and may just change how you look at the world around you. - TODAY ShowA simple walk around the...

This book refutes the 21st-century zeitgeist that views advancing technology as an unambiguous social good, and examines the effects of this uncrit...

Discover the extraordinary role of plants in modern forensics, from their use as evidence in the trials of high profile murderers such as Ted Bundy...

Alexa is Stealing Your Job is a guided tour of where the world has been with artificial intelligence and how it affects the future of work. Artifi...

We know that eating animals is bad for the planet and bad for our health, and yet we do it anyway. Weve all heard the statistics: animal agricultur...

All people desire to know. We want to not only know what has happened, but also why it happened, how it happened, whether it will happen again, whe...