Impact of Science & Technology on Society

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' -...

Justin Chase expects ''''innocent young'''' Lucrezia to be easy prey when he takes her home to his glamorous Rome penthouse, a cool haven in the sc...

Parents often worry about raising kids in a tech-saturated world - the threats of cyberbullying, video game violence, pornography, and sexting may ...

Future Politics confronts one of the most important questions of our time: how will digital technology transform politics and society? The great po...

END OF MILLENNIUM This final volume in Manuel Castells trilogy studies the key defining processes taking place in the last decade of the twentieth ...

This feels like a time of environmental and moral crisis without parallel.... Not only do human beings seem not to believe in anything but, despite...

Trading floors in the 60s and 70s involved hundreds of people shouting bids and offers in multi-coloured jackets standing next to each other in dif...

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...

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...