Impact of Science & Technology on Society

In Industry Unbound, Ari Ezra Waldman exposes precisely how the tech industry conducts its ongoing crusade to undermine our privacy. With research ...

Welcome, dear visitor, to a proud and storied nation. When you put down this guidebook, look around you. A nation isnt land. A nation is people. E...

Africa is changing and digitisation is playing a pivotal role in it. Throughout the whole continent, digital practices are emerging which radical...

A firsthand look at efforts to improve diversity in software and hackerspace communitiesHacking, as a mode of technical and cultural production, is...

The same computer games are played by youths all over the world, and worldwide games become matters of concern in relation to children: worries ris...

**The New York Times Bestseller**''Space elevators, gold asteroids, and fusion-powered toasters - who knew science could be so much fun? Soonish is...

Individuals all over the world can use Airbnb to rent an apartment in a foreign city, check Coursera to find a course on statistics, join PatientsL...

The future will bring change for Australia. But whether that change is for the better or worse largely depends on the decisions we make today as in...

A guide to understanding the inner workings and outer limits of technology and why we should never assume that computers always get it right. In...

I Love My Computer Because My Friends Live in It is tech analyst Jess Kimball Leslie's hilarious, frank homage to the technology that contributed s...

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...

In this successor to his pioneering Science, Truth, and Democracy, the author revisits the topic explored in his previous work-namely, the challeng...

From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Matt Richtel, a brilliant, narrative-driven exploration of technology's vast influence on the human mind and...

The integration of drones into society has attracted unprecedented attention throughout the world. The change, for aviation, has been described as ...

In his latest book, Eric Scerri presents a completely original account of the nature of scientific progress. It consists of a holistic and unified ...

There are 54.4 million Americans who have disabilities, and 35 million Americans who have a severe disability. For those aged 15 and over, this inc...

Uncertainty is interwoven into human existence. It is a powerful incentive in the search for knowledge and an inherent component of scientific rese...

Humboldt and Jefferson explores the relationship between two fascinating personalities: the Prussian explorer, scientist, and geographer Alexander ...

Against a backdrop of increasingly intrusive technologies, this book explores the digital detox phenomenon and the politics of disconnection from i...

Against the backdrop of an increasingly dynamic world, driven by rapid digital innovation and technological advances, drones are becoming prolific ...

In the bestselling tradition of Stuff Matters and The Disappearing Spoon: a clever and engaging look at materials, the innovations they made possib...

Spark was previously published as Bored and Brilliant.'Crammed with practical exercises for anyone who wants to reclaim the power of spacing out' -...