Social Aspects

"Startling in scope and bravado." -Janet Maslin, The New York Times"Artfully envisions a breathtakingly better world." -Los Angeles Times"Elaborate, smart and persuasive." -The Boston Globe"A pleasure to read." -The Wall Street JournalOne of CBS News's...

An original exploration of the ways cyberspace affects human experience.New technologies suggest new ideas about embodiment: our "reach" extends to global sites through the Internet; we enter cyberspace through the engines of virtual reality. In this...

A Humancentric Approach to a Technological Innovation THIS IS NOT SIMPLY A BOOK ABOUT TECHNOLOGY. IT IS A BOOK ABOUT THE INCREASING ROLE HUMANITY MUST PLAY DURING THIS TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION IN ORDER TO THRIVE, NOT JUST SURVIVE. In The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262512640Author Dominique VinckFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 11mm

Almost every schoolchild learns that Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. But did he? And if he hadn't invented it, would we be still living in the dark? Acclaimed author Matt Ridley (The Rational Optimist, The Evolution of Everything) explains that at...

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 9780262535977Author Joseph E. AounFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 203mm * 137mm * 16mm

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The exploration of space raises new problems in the expression of human freedoms. While the potential to establish new extraterrestrial settlements is thrilling, it also brings along a myriad of decisions to consider when addressing how these settlements...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262042871Author Daniel M. RussellFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 29mm

Underlying the current dynamics of technological developments, their divergence or convergence and the abundance of options, promises and risks they contain, is the quest for innovation, the contributors to this volume argue. The seemingly insatiable...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262533386Author Michael BucklandFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 178mm * 127mm * 13mm

From the telegraph to the touchscreen, how the development of binary switching transformed everyday life and changed the shape of human agency The Switch traces the sudden rise of a technology that has transformed everyday life for billions of people:...

A firsthand look at efforts to improve diversity in software and hackerspace communitiesHacking, as a mode of technical and cultural production, is commonly celebrated for its extraordinary freedoms of creation and circulation. Yet surprisingly few women...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781523087617Author William DavidowFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Berrett-Koehler PublishersPublisher Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262539968Author Deborah G. JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Everyday Movies documents the twentieth-century rise of portable film projectors. It demonstrates that since World War II, the vast majority of movie-watching did not happen in the glow of the large screen but rather took place alongside the glitches,...

Sheila Jasanoff charts society's embrace of technological solutions and technology's complex interplay with ethics and human rights. She dissects the ways in which we delegate power to technological systems and asks how we might regain control. From GMOs...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781514001004Author Ethan J. BrueFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 374gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 160mm * 16mm

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It is almost impossible to imagine modern life without this device; yet for the first thirty years or so, from its patent in the late nineteenth century, it represented no real advantage over traditional fasteners like the hook-and-eye or the...

Nicholas Carr has made his name as an incisive writer on our complicated relationship with technology. Utopia Is Creepy, a sharp and often funny indictment of our tech-besotted culture, collects essays drawn from Carr's popular blog Rough Type as well as...

This inquiry into the technical advances that shaped the 20th century follows the evolutions of all the principal innovations introduced before 1913 (as detailed in the first volume) as well as the origins and elaborations of all fundamental 20th century...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947447714Author Jesse StommelFormat PaperbackPage Count 514Imprint Punctum BooksPublisher Punctum BooksWeight(grams) 503gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

From the famed Harvard psychologist and an expert on the impact of digital media technologies, a riveting exploration of the power of apps to shape our young people-for better or for worse No one has failed to notice that the current generation of youth...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781523085538Author Vivek WadhwaFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Berrett-Koehler PublishersPublisher Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830827138Author Derek C. SchuurmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams)...

The Cyborg Experiments analyzes the challenges posed to corporeality by techology. Taking as their starting point the work of the highly influential performance artists Orlan and Stelarc, the essays in this timely and important collection raise a number...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262037679Author Amanda D. LotzFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 14mm

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541762701Author Rachel BotsmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint PublicAffairsPublisher PublicAffairsWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 137mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262517928Author Kazys VarnelisFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 13mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262546393Author Michael L. LittmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 278gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 154mm *...

Technology is changing all the time, but does it also have the ability to change us and the way we approach religion and spirituality? In Technology and Religion: Remaining Human in a Co-created World, Noreen Herzfeld examines this and other provocative...

The question of our time: can we reclaim our lives in an age that feels busier and more distracting by the day? We've all found ourselves checking email at the dinner table, holding our breath while waiting for Outlook to load, or sitting hunched in...

This book provides a solid understanding of electronic word of mouth (eWOM) by taking the reader through the process of information diffusion from rumour generation in times of traditional word of mouth (WOM) to negative social eWOM and examining how...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262046190Author Pablo J. BoczkowskiFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd