Impact of Science & Technology on Society

To ordinary people, science used to seem infallible. Scientists were heroes, selflessly pursuing knowledge for the common good. More recently, a se...

Information is power. For more than five hundred years the success or failure of nations has been determined by a country''s ability to acquire kno...

Drawing upon a sequence of the most important breakthroughs in the history of science, Timothy McGettigan's Good Science develops a ground-breaking...

The collision of new technologies, changing business strategies, and innovative storytelling that produced a new golden age of TV. Cable televis...

Western society has become saturated with scientific and technological modes of thinking that impact our lives and our relationships. Expanding soc...

Only someone from the corporate inside could explain how Yahoo!-one of the greatest brands in corporate history-could rise to the greatest height e...

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 ...