Impact of Science & Technology on Society

Affective Computing is a growing multidisciplinary field encompassing computer science, engineering, psychology, education, neuroscience, and many ...

A guided tour through the Internet of Things, a networked world of connected devices, objects, and people that is changing the way we live and work...

Originally published in French in seven volumes, Cosmopolitics investigates the role and authority of the sciences in modern societies and challeng...

This book answers the question: 'What's next?' The Internet had a world-changing impact on businesses and the global community over the twenty year...

In recent decades, an exciting new art movement has emerged in which artists utilize and illuminate the latest advances in science. Some of their p...

The use of webcam, especially through Skype, has recently become established as one more standard media technology, but so far there has been no at...

What is the impact of COVID-19 on world economies? If the cost of providing universal health care is lower than the cost of building a political mo...

''Reading it will change the way you think about the universe'' Sean CarrollIn the coming decades, the technology that enables virtual and augmente...

'Thrilling, inspiring and informative page-turner.' Walter Isaacson, author of The Code BreakerYou know what went wrong.This is the untold story of...

Once a blue-collar outpost, Seattle, home to Microsoft, Amazon, and hundreds of startups, transformed into one of the worlds major innovation hubs ...

Science at the Frontiers: Perspectives on the History and Philosophy of Science brings new voices to the study of the history and philosophy of sci...

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

Algorithms are probably the most sophisticated tools that people have had at their disposal since the beginnings of human history. They have transf...

LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019 __________________ 'A much-needed antidote to pervasive pessim...

''The future hasn''t happened yet. The idea that our civilisation is doomed is not established fact. It is a story we tell ourselves.''In the 1980s...

Are you curious about smart cities? You should be! By mid-century, two-thirds of us will live in cities. The world of tomorrow will be a world of c...

Nautilus Award Gold Medal Winner, Ecology & Environment   In Matter and Desire, internationally renowned biologist and philosopher Andreas Web...