Impact of Science & Technology on Society

The iPad. The Kindle. Twitter. When The Best Technology Series was inaugurated in 2005, these technologies did not exist. Today, they not only make...

A surprising assessment of the ways that virtual worlds are entangled with human psychology Proteus, the mythical sea god who could alter his appea...

An elegant, thoughtful book . . . beautifully expresses the importance and experience of liberation from the battery-hen life of constant connectio...

A year in the life of a ninth-grade English class shows how participatory culture and mobile devices can transform learning in schools. Schools ...

Nautilus Award Silver Medal Winner, Ecology & Environment   In search of a new story for our place on earth Being Salmon, Being Human examine...

This guide explores ways in which graphic designers can successfully collaborate with other creative professionals and sectors, whether it be a mor...

With at least seven billion subscriptions worldwide, the impact of mobile devices undoubtedly rivals that of television, radio, and newspapers. Mob...

In his book, The Monster at Our Door, the renowned activist and author Mike Davis warned of a coming global threat of viral catastrophes. Now in t...

The Times and Financial Times Book of the Year''Comprehensive but lively . . . Highly recommended!'' Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and autho...

The forgotten garden that inspired Charles Darwin becomes the modern-day setting for an exploration of memory, family, and the legacy of genius. Da...

''A remarkable and important guide to effecting change in our individual lives, businesses, societies - and beyond'' JONAH BERGER, bestselling auth...

The articles in this collection analyse methodological aspects of todays hard sciences and humanities and of applied research in the field of high ...

Nicholas Carr has made his name as an incisive writer on our complicated relationship with technology. Utopia Is Creepy, a sharp and often funny in...

A brand-new book from the award-winning SUNDAY TIMES journalist Brian Appleyard.Simplicity has become a brand and a cult. People want simple lives ...

Scientists and engineers have long been aware of the tension between narrow specialization and multidisciplinary cooperation, but now a major trans...

Warrior Geeks examines how technology is transforming the way we think about and fight war, taking three major changes that are driving this proces...

Not long ago we were spectators, passive consumers of mass media. Now, on YouTube and blogs and Facebook and Twitter, we are media. No longer conte...