Technology Studies

In Rescuing Humanity, Willem H. Vanderburg reminds us that we have relied on discipline-based approaches for human knowing, doing, and organizing for less than a century. During this brief period, these approaches have become responsible for both our...

Why do we feel excited, afraid, and frustrated by algorithms?The Feel of Algorithms brings relatable first-person accounts of what it means to experience algorithms emotionally alongside interdisciplinary social science research, to reveal how political...

This book examines the intimate relationship between race and technologies and how digital platforms reabsorb racism as an internal arrangement within its modes of technical and affective architecture. Premising the idea that technologies supplant and...

This book examines the collection and curation of music, and the way digital streaming services are transforming the way we engage with the media. The study foregrounds personal digital curation techniques, rather than algorithms or technology, to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593138533Author Johann HariFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643139012Author Jamie SusskindFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 612gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 155mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639080823Author Chris PerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Fast Company PressPublisher Fast Company PressWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Written by a leading expert who has played a key role in developing cutting-edge technologies, this book delves into the intersection of computer science, artificial intelligence, and philosophy. Since their invention, computers have kept...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262046794Author Ronald J. BrachmanFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

An esteemed historian of science explores the diversity of scientific experimentation. The experiment has long been seen as a test bed for theory, but in Split and Splice, Hans-Joerg Rheinberger makes the case, instead, for treating experimentation as...

In Voices from the Valley, the celebrated writers and Logic cofounders Moira Weigel and Ben Tarnoff take an unprecedented dive into the tech industry, conducting unfiltered, in-depth, anonymous interviews with tech workers at all levels, including a data...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262542265Author Ainissa RamirezFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Chatbots are sure to have a significant impact on the way we read, write and think. For better or worse, they are being used to find information, influence public opinion, diagnose illness and shape political discussion online. How did we get to this...

Increasingly, technology, the Internet and social media are playing a major part in our lives. What should we think about the ethical issues that arise, such as the changing role of intelligent machines in this Information Age? The impact of technology...

Winner of the First Prize in the Joyce Rothschild Book AwardsPlatform cooperatives reimagine a world where domestic workers can double their income by establishing their own platform-an internet where platforms such as Twitch, Twitter, and Roblox were...

This book provides a long-overdue account of online technology and its impact on the work and lifestyles of professional employees. It moves between the offices and homes of workers in the knew "knowledge" economy to provide intimate insight into the...

From a world-renowned expert on creative play and the impact of commercial marketing on children, a timely investigation into how big tech is hijacking childhood-and what we can do about it"Engrossing and insightful . . . rich with details that paint a...

How did we end up here, masters of scientific insight, purveyors of ever more powerful technologies, astride the burning planet that created us, and now responsible for cleaning up the mess and determining the future direction of all of life? And what do...

Praise for the previous edition 'A relaxed, well-written and information-packed expedition discovering the history of eclipses' - The Sky at Night A complete guide to the most stunning of celestial sights, a total eclipse of the Sun Totality: The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250829276Author Alec MacgillisFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 137mm * 20mm

Understanding Esports: An Introduction to the Global Phenomenon places professional Esports, a rapidly growing industry, in both the cultural and athletic landscape. This book explores how the rise of professional gaming has shaped-and been shaped...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593138519Author Johann HariFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250798794Author William DeresiewiczFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Henry Holt & Company IncPublisher Henry Holt & Company IncWeight(grams)...

Until Karl Jansky's 1933 discovery of radio noise from the Milky Way, astronomy was limited to observation by visible light. Radio astronomy opened a new window on the Universe, leading to the discovery of quasars, pulsars, the cosmic microwave...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262547055Author Coleen CarriganFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Why efforts to create a scientific basis of morality are neither scientific nor moral In this illuminating book, James Davison Hunter and Paul Nedelisky trace the origins and development of the centuries-long, passionate, but ultimately failed quest to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262046961Author Katie DavisFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262547321Author Ronald J. BrachmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 414gDimensions(mm) 222mm * 143mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632994820Author Rosa WangFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint River Grove BooksPublisher River Grove BooksWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

The first critical examination of death and remembrance in the digital age-and an invitation to imagine Black digital sovereignty in life and death. In Resurrecting the Black Body, Tonia Sutherland considers the consequences of digitally raising the...

A trailblazing inquiry into human love and relationships in the age of super-smart technology Technology is our new life partner. No longer confined to the sidelines, new interactive technologies like AI therapists, avatar friends, and robot...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632280749Author Perttu PolonenFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Viva EditionsPublisher Viva Editions

An urgent reality check for America's blinkered fixation on STEM education. We live in an era of STEM obsession. Not only do tech companies dominate American enterprise and economic growth while complaining of STEM shortages, but we also need scientific...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262047470Author Mark ShepardFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Parents often worry about raising kids in a tech-saturated world - the threats of cyberbullying, video game violence, pornography, and sexting may seem inescapable. And while these dangers exist, there is a much more common and subtle way that technology...

How we lost control of the internet-and how to win it back. The internet has become a battleground. Although it was unlikely to live up to the hype and hopes of the 1990s, only the most skeptical cynics could have predicted the World Wide Web as we know...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911653295Author Harry CollinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint Ubiquity Press (Cardiff University Press)Publisher Ubiquity Press (Cardiff University...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262047722Author Miguel SicartFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

The complex relationship between technology and social outcomes is well known and has recently seen significant attention due to the deepening of technology use in many domains. This includes issues such as the reproduction of inequality due to the...

One of the most important parts of British heavy industry today is our railway system. Its constant appearances in news bulletins, its enormous appeal to fans or "enthusiasts", its permanent role in the lives of most of us, and its economic significance...