Social Aspects

The world is overheated. Too full and too fast; uneven and unequal. It is the age of the Anthropocene, of humanity's indelible mark upon the planet. In short, it is globalisation - but not as we know it. In this groundbreaking book, Thomas Hylland...

These thirteen essays explore a crucial historical questionthat has been notoriously hard to pin down: To what extent,and by what means, does a society's technology determine itspolitical, social, economic, and cultural forms? These thirteen essays...

**Shortlisted for the Deutscher Memorial Prize 2023** For mainstream economics, cultural production raises no special questions: creative expression is to be harvested for wealth creation like any other form of labour. As Karl Marx saw it, however,...

Chapters 5, 12, and 18 of this work are available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International open access licence. These parts of the work are free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected...

Jer Thorp's analysis of the word "data" in 10,325 New York Times stories written between 1984 and 2018 shows a distinct trend: among the words most closely associated with "data," we find not only its classic companions "information" and "digital," but...

In recent years, Google's autonomous cars have logged thousands of miles on American highways and IBM's Watson trounced the best human Jeopardy! players. Digital technologies-with hardware, software, and networks at their core-will in the near future...

Sensors are everywhere. Small, flexible, economical, and computationally powerful, they operate ubiquitously in environments. They compile massive amounts of data, including information about air, water, and climate. Never before has such a volume of...

An entertaining mathematical exploration of the heat equation and its role in the triumphant development of the trans-Atlantic telegraph cable Heat, like gravity, shapes nearly every aspect of our world and universe, from how milk dissolves in coffee to...

There's no doubt that technology has overrun our lives. Over the past few decades, the world has embraced "progress" and we're living with the resultant clicking, beeping, anxiety-inducing frenzy. But a creative backlash is gathering steam, helping us...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815737865Author Darrell M. WestFormat PaperbackPage Count 221Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 349gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262542333Author Daniel GreeneFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

A brilliant examination into how the internet is profoundly changing the way we think. In this groundbreaking book, `Wired' writer Clive Thompson argues that the internet is boosting our brainpower, encouraging new ways of thinking, and making us more...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399171710Author John C. HavensFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830851133Author Felicia Wu SongFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 362gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 154mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604597400Author Rene DescartesFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint SMK BooksPublisher SMK BooksWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 4mm

Thoroughly revised, this new edition of Critical Theory of Technology rethinks the relationships between technology, rationality, and democracy, arguing that the degradation of labor--as well as of many environmental, educational, and political...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798317824709Author S. MaitraFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint BookBabyPublisher BookBaby

As AI takes hold across the planet and wealthy nations seek to position themselves as global leaders of this new technology, the gap is widening between those who benefit from it and those who are subjugated by it. As Rachel Adams shows in this...

The Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Policy Review of Seychelles was conducted by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) at the request of the Government of Seychelles. The request was made in the context of the UNCTAD...

A radical history of technology told through acts of resistance, not progressThe history of technology is often told as a history of progress, moving optimistically and inevitably from one emancipatory invention to the next. Techno-Negative turns this...

'The most important book of the decade' MAX TEGMARK, author of Life 3.0'A loud trumpet call to humanity to awaken us as we sleepwalk into disaster - we must wake up' STEPHEN FRY** A Guardian biggest book of the autumn **AI is the greatest threat to our...

New technologies and the science that created them have transformed our lives, posing challenges as to how technological change can be better integrated in society. Recognition of these issues has led to different ways of engaging the public in the...

Through the frame of Zoom, this collection of essays examines the rapid emergence of videoconferencing in everyday life under COVID-19, its preexisting performative logic, and the ongoing implication of these practices for millions of individuals and...

From the smart phone to the smart home, smartness has become an almost inescapable reality of everyday life. Supposedly intelligent, interconnected technologies, smart systems have taken on their own forms of life, and it is no longer easy to determine...

From the smart phone to the smart home, smartness has become an almost inescapable reality of everyday life. Supposedly intelligent, interconnected technologies, smart systems have taken on their own forms of life, and it is no longer easy to determine...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591813163Author Wendell WallachFormat PaperbackPage Count 342Imprint Sentient PublicationsPublisher Sentient PublicationsWeight(grams) 544g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798989550043Author Caroline McManusFormat PaperbackPage Count 698Imprint Inside the CastlePublisher Inside the CastleWeight(grams) 1093gDimensions(mm) 235mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262553872Author Pierre TchounikineFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Engineers across the globe are building our future and, by extension, our world. But how can these engineers - whose educations have often encoded historical gendered, raced, competitive, and capitalist norms - responsibly engage in worldbuilding, which...

This insightful book investigates the growing use of digital technologies to support welfare provision and examines which digital tools can have the greatest impact. It explores how these technologies influence and are influenced by social and cultural...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814250709Author Arien MackFormat PaperbackPage Count 398Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University Press

A surprising window into the online lives of people sixty and over-offering essential insights, no matter your age. Many popular accounts say the older you are, the greater your tech struggles. And it's worrying to think of loved ones emailing...

'The blizzard of excitement, misinformation and pure hype around AI has driven many of us to want an honest guide. If, like me, you're one of those many, you need to read this book' BRIAN ENOIs AI going to take over the world? Have scientists created an...

Through the frame of Zoom, this collection of essays examines the rapid emergence of videoconferencing in everyday life under COVID-19, its preexisting performative logic, and the ongoing implication of these practices for millions of individuals and...

This book takes an extensive look at the many different types of users and cultures that comprise the popular social media platform Tumblr. Though it does not receive nearly as much attention as other social media such as Twitter or Facebook, Tumblr and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593657508Author Karen HaoFormat HardbackPage Count 496Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 669gDimensions(mm) 239mm * 157mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593593974Author Mustafa SuleymanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA...

This book is aimed at engineering academics worldwide, who are attempting to bring social justice into their work and practice, or who would like to but don't know where to start. This is the first book dedicated specifically to University professionals...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307389978Author Jaron LanierFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 232gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593728178Author Mustafa SuleymanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA...