Impact of Science & Technology on Society

In You are Not a Gadget digital guru and virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier reveals how the internet is deadening personal interaction, stifling ...

We live in a surveillance society. Anyone who uses a credit card, cell phone, or even search engines to navigate the Web is being monitored and ass...

Data is everywhere. We create it every time we go online, turn our phone on (or off) or pay with a credit card. This data is stored, studied, bough...

For those in the broad engineering community--those who employ, work with, and/or educate engineers, and engineers themselves--there is no need to ...

By the end of this century, living beyond 100 will be the rule rather than the exception. What medical breakthroughs and new technologies will make...

''Enthralling'' PHILIP PULLMAN''Such a hopeful book'' ELIZABETH DAY''GO BIG should be the rallying cry of progressives around the world'' RUTGER BR...

*A 'BOOKS OF 2021' PICK IN THE GUARDIAN, FINANCIAL TIMES AND EVENING STANDARD*Twelve bytes. Twelve eye-opening, mind-expanding, funny and provocati...

**THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**A ground-breaking investigation into the oil and gas industry, international corruption and world politics. Oil. ...

''A must read for anyone interested in the emerging ethics of robotics'' Irene M. Pepperberg''Endless ink has been spilled on AI and our robot fut...

'A visionary look at how quality food should replace money as the new world currency' Tim Spector'Hugely ambitious and beautifully written...destin...

We are using up the planet at almost double the rate it can regenerate. To support our economies, we're told we must shop now like we've never shop...

Flash crashes. Speed dating. Instant messaging. From the devices we carry to the lives we lead, everything is getting faster, faster. But where d...

New York Times bestselling author of The Everything Store Brad Stone takes us deep inside the new Silicon Valley.Ten years ago, the idea of getting...

The man who can really make a whole industry happen. Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of GoogleA punchy and provocative book . . . WTF? is an insig...

Providing an introduction to the use of nutrition and health claims, this book explores these claims around the world and the impact of the differe...

This is a valuable collection of articles from the Research Bulletin of the Pedagogical Section Council in America, looking at research into techno...

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

In 2016, Netflix--with an already enormous footprint in the United States--expanded its online streaming video service to 130 new countries, add...

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are widely heralded as an opportunity for the poor to have greater access to information that can...

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are widely heralded as an opportunity for the poor to have greater access to information that can...

Successful democracies throughout history--from ancient Athens to Britain on the cusp of the industrial age--have used the technology of their time...

This book contains fascinating vignettes depicting future societies and the implications which increasing technological change has on society and t...

From a general perspective, as well as in scientific practice, technology and society are viewed as two distinct entities. Related to this view are...

We are becoming a nation of superficial and distracted consumers of instant messages and images, a state of being which does not aid engagement in ...