Impact of science & technology on society
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Impact of science & technology on society
Paperback. To ordinary people, science used to seem infallible. Scientists were heroes, selflessly pursuing knowledge for the common good. More recently, a series of scientific scandals, frauds and failures have led us to question science s pre-eminence. Num Pages: 140 pages, black & white halftones, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JHB; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 192 x 124 x 12. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745682044
- ISBN
- 9780745682044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.76
€ 15.76
Hardback. To ordinary people, science used to seem infallible. Scientists were heroes, selflessly pursuing knowledge for the common good. More recently, a series of scientific scandals, frauds and failures have led us to question science s pre-eminence. Num Pages: 140 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JHB; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745682037
- ISBN
- 9780745682037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.25
€ 65.25
Paperback. Ethnographic analyses of emerging bioscientific enterprises in Asia, including genetically modified foods in China, clinical trials in India, and stem-cell research in Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. Editor(s): Ong, Aihwa; Chen, Nancy N. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 335 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; KNDC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822348092
- ISBN
- 9780822348092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99
€ 46.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 halftones, 10 line art illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: DSB; JFD; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 224 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816646869
- ISBN
- 9780816646869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.34
€ 31.34
paperback. The written word has been a central bearer of culture since antiquity. However, its position is now being challenged by the powerful media of electronic communication. In this book James O'Donnell takes a reading on the promise and the threat of electronic technology for our literate future. Num Pages: 228 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: CFL; GTC; HBG; PDR; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780674001947
- ISBN
- 9780674001947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.79
€ 43.79
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262529914
- ISBN
- 9780262529914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.12
€ 38.99
€ 34.12
Paperback. In Bioinsecurities Neel Ahuja shows how twentieth-century U.S. imperial expansion was dependent on controlling the spread of disease through the transformation of humans, animals, bacteria, and viruses into living theaters of warfare and securitization. Series: Animal. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HBTB; JFSL4; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360636
- ISBN
- 9780822360636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.77
€ 36.99
€ 33.77
Hardback. In Bioinsecurities Neel Ahuja shows how twentieth-century U.S. imperial expansion was dependent on controlling the spread of disease through the transformation of humans, animals, bacteria, and viruses into living theaters of warfare and securitization. Series: Animal. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HBTB; JFSL4; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360483
- ISBN
- 9780822360483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.87
€ 149.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR; TCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816643530
- ISBN
- 9780816643530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.56
€ 35.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: PDR; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226046013
- ISBN
- 9780226046013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.51
€ 43.51
Paperback. The two faces of biotechnology are revealed throughout to show the promises and perils associated with a range of innovations. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774811347
- ISBN
- 9780774811347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.06
€ 50.06
Paperback. The amazing story of the 'crypto-currency' Bitcoin and why it could change the world Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: KCY; PDR; UDBM; VSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Unbound
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783520770
- ISBN
- 9781783520770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.32
€ 14.99
€ 12.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 210 x 28. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Revised, Expanded
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465053926
- ISBN
- 9780465053926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.90
€ 19.99
€ 14.90
Hardcover. Editor(s): Cohen, Ellen S. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR; UDB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 263 x 189 x 15. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604560732
- ISBN
- 9781604560732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 234.98€ 159.75
€ 234.98
€ 159.75
Changing Life: Genomes, Ecologies, Bodies, Commodities
. Ed(S): Taylor, Peter J.; Halfon, Saul E.; E...
paperback. Editor(s): Taylor, Peter J.; Halfon, Saul E.; Edwards, Paul N. Series: Cultural Politics S. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; PDR; PS; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Univ Of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816630134
- ISBN
- 9780816630134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.74
€ 34.74
Paperback. Focuses on the hazards of ordinary consumer products. This title shows that for the sake of convenience, efficiency, and short-term safety, we have created synthetic chemicals that fundamentally change, at a molecular level, the way our bodies work and states that consequences range from diabetes to cancer, reproductive and neurological disorders. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: MBNH; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Island Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610911610
- ISBN
- 9781610911610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.22
€ 44.22
Hardcover. A dazzling look at the artists working on the frontiers of science. Num Pages: 352 pages, 70 illustrations, 8 pages of color. BIC Classification: ACXJ; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 157 x 34. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393083361
- ISBN
- 9780393083361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.94
€ 34.99
€ 31.94
Hardback. Communications and Mobility is a unique, interdisciplinary look at mobility, territory, communication, and transport in the 21st century with extended case studies of three icons of this era: the mobile phone, the migrant, and the container box. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFCD; PDR; UD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192019
- ISBN
- 9781405192019
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.37
€ 91.37
Paperback. Communications and Mobility is a unique, interdisciplinary look at mobility, territory, communication, and transport in the 21st century with extended case studies of three icons of this era: the mobile phone, the migrant, and the container box. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFCD; PDR; UD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781405192002
- ISBN
- 9781405192002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.04
€ 40.04
Paperback. Translator(s): Jagne, Mamsait. Num Pages: 138 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSJ; PDR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 135 x 191 x 9. Weight in Grams: 156. The Role of Youth and ICTS in Changing Africa. 138 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSJ; PDR. Dimension: 135 x 191 x 9. Weight: 156. Translator(s): Jagne, Mamsait.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Pambazuka Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857490315
- ISBN
- 9780857490315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.06
€ 19.99
€ 18.06
Paperback. One of Karl Popper's most wide-ranging and popular works, it provides the clearest statement of the fundamental idea that guided his work: that our knowledge grows by an unending process of trial and error. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 608 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415285940
- ISBN
- 9780415285940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 28.92
€ 29.99
€ 28.92
Paperback. An ever-increasing proliferation of cross-border connectivity, between people, companies, cities and nations, is reshaping the world for ever Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: GTF; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474604253
- ISBN
- 9781474604253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.87
€ 19.99
€ 14.87
Hardcover. Num Pages: 410 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JN; PDR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 264 x 186 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1032.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606923603
- ISBN
- 9781606923603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.86€ 69.48
€ 99.86
€ 69.48
Hardback. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTC; JFD; JPHV; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199469123
- ISBN
- 9780199469123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.62
€ 62.62