Impact of Science & Technology on Society

Hornborg argues that we are caught in a collective illusion about the nature of modern technology that prevents us from imagining solutions to our ...

Ninety-five percent of American kids have Internet access by age 11; the average number of texts a teenager sends each month is well over 3,000. Mo...

This collection of essays explores the interfaces between new information technologies and their impact on contemporary culture, and recent transfo...

This collection of readings, published for the first time in any language, presents a selection of critical responses to the original publication o...

A New Industrial Future? examines whether a further industrial revolution is taking place around the world. In this compelling book Birtchnell and ...

Out of Control chronicles the dawn of a new era in which the machines and systems that drive our economy are so complex and autonomous as to be in...

The book is a translation of the second edition of a much-used and research-based Chinese textbook. As a succinct and issue-based introduction to t...

Whether you are a student or an established scientist, researcher, or engineer, you can learn to be more innovative. In Innovation Generation, inte...

An examination of the ways that digital technologies play an increasingly important role in the lives of precarious workers, far beyond the gig eco...

This reference book is divided into these sections: Agriculture, Art and music, Business and finance, Clothing, Communications, Education, Energy, ...

Grandmother Andre told stories in front of a campfire. Elizabeth Goudie wrote a memoir in school scribblers. Phyllis Knight taped hours of intervie...

A sad, forgotten phone booth in New York City becomes a hero in this story of community and caring for others. “A story celebrating the fabric of a...

***BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2022 SHORTLISTED TITLE***Now more than ever, the scientific and medical community is under the microscope and in front of t...

Digital information drives participation in politics, the economy, and society. Yet great disparities exist as to which communities have access to ...

The bestselling editor of This Explains Everything brings together 175 of the world's most brilliant minds to tackle Edge.org's 2014 question: What...

For a quarter of a century, the Council for Responsible Genetics has provided a unique historical lens into the modern history, science, ethics, an...

A simple, enduring framework for understanding the complex world of AI and machine learning updated with a new preface. As the capabilities of AI ...

We are often told that social media well-being is simply the result of individual users making healthy digital choices. All it takes is a little se...

An essential history for understanding how we mother now, and how motherhood itself became a medium winner of the Brooke Hindle Award from the Soci...

A bright and timely book that celebrates the value of the human mindAI is at the forefront of everyone's minds: from students and artists, to CEO's...

A short, powerful book with twenty lessons on privacy in the information age, each with practical advice on what you can do right now to protect yo...

We are often told that social media well-being is simply the result of individual users making healthy digital choices. All it takes is a little se...

'A talented new voice worth paying attention to.' Irish Times'Equal parts searing intelligence and madcap sweetness. Simply brilliant.' Jenny Musta...

This is a study of the material life of information and its devices; of electronic waste in its physical and electronic incarnations; a cultural an...

Anthropology's long and complex relationship to magic has been strongly influenced by western science and notions of rationality. This book takes a...

Anthropology's long and complex relationship to magic has been strongly influenced by western science and notions of rationality. This book takes a...

Indigenous communities globally struggle to preserve their cultural heritage amidst a modern landscape shaped by technological advancement and free...

Drawing from Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death (1985) and applying his insights to today’s scrolling age, this book helps believers think c...