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Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Impact of science & technology on society

G: Economics of Technical Change II (Hardcover): William L. Baldwin, John Scott, t G: Economics of Technical Change II (Hardcover)
William L. Baldwin, John Scott, t
R7,728 Discovery Miles 77 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The impact of technological change on the wider economy, especially its impact on economic growth, has been one of the key themes in the transition from the industrial age to the information age.

The Dynamics of a Changing Technology - A case study in textile manufacturing (Hardcover): Peter J Fensham, Douglas Hooper The Dynamics of a Changing Technology - A case study in textile manufacturing (Hardcover)
Peter J Fensham, Douglas Hooper
R5,374 Discovery Miles 53 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge, 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press. Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1964 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.

F: Economics of Technical Change I (Hardcover, illustrated edition): F.M. Scherer F: Economics of Technical Change I (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
F.M. Scherer; Albert N Link
R5,377 Discovery Miles 53 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The impact of technological change on the wider economy, especially its impact on economic growth, has been one of the key themes in the transition from the industrial age to the information age.

The World Itself - Consciousness and the Everything of Physics (Paperback): Ulf Danielsson The World Itself - Consciousness and the Everything of Physics (Paperback)
Ulf Danielsson; Introduction by Carlos Fiolhais
R363 Discovery Miles 3 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Augmented Reality - Unboxing Tech's Next Big Thing (Paperback): Pesce Augmented Reality - Unboxing Tech's Next Big Thing (Paperback)
Pesce
R383 Discovery Miles 3 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Slated as 'the next big thing in tech', augmented reality promises to take the screen out of our hands and wrap it around the world via 'smart spectacles'. As a pervasive, invisible interface between the world and our senses, AR offers unparalleled capacity to reveal hidden digital depths, but it also comes at a cost to our privacy, our property, and our reality. In this crucial and provocative book, Mark Pesce draws on over thirty years' experience to offer the first mainstream exploration of augmented reality. He discusses the exciting and beneficial features of AR as well as the issues and risks raised by this still-emerging technology - a technology that moulds us by shaping what we see and hear. Augmented Reality is essential reading for anyone interested in the growing influence of this impressive but deeply concerning technology. As the book reveals, reality - once augmented - will never be the same.

Technology and In/equality - Questioning the Information Society (Hardcover): Flis Henwood, Nod Miller, Peter Senker, Sally... Technology and In/equality - Questioning the Information Society (Hardcover)
Flis Henwood, Nod Miller, Peter Senker, Sally Wyatt
R4,507 Discovery Miles 45 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Technology and In/equality explores the diverse implications of the new information and communication technologies through case studies of their applications in three main areas - media, education and training, and work. Questions of access to and control over crucial resources such as information, knowledge, skills and income ae addressed drawing upon insights from science and technology studies, innovation theory, sociology and cultural studies. All of the chapters question the meanings of the terms 'technology' and 'inequality' and of the widespread association of technology with progress. Written with a non-specialist readership in mind, all complex theories and key concepts are carefully explained making the book easily accessible and relevant to a wide range of courses.

eBook available with sample pages: 0203134508

The Renaissance Computer - Knowledge Technology in the First Age of Print (Hardcover): Jonathan Sawday, Neil Rhodes The Renaissance Computer - Knowledge Technology in the First Age of Print (Hardcover)
Jonathan Sawday, Neil Rhodes
R3,921 Discovery Miles 39 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


In the fifteenth century the printing press was the 'new technology'. The first ever information revolution began with the advent of the printed book, enabling Renaissance scholars to formulate new ways of organising and disseminating knowledge.
As early as 1500 there were already 20 million books in circulation in Europe. How did this rapid explosion of ideas impact upon the evolution of new disciplines?
The Renaissance Computer looks at the fascinating development of new methods of information storage and retrieval which took place at the very beginning of print culture. And it asks some crucial questions about the intellectual conditions of our own digital age. A dazzling array of leading experts in Renaissance culture explore topics of urgent significance today, including:
* the contribution of knowledge technologies to state formulation and national identity
*the effect of multimedia, orality and memory on education
*the importance of the visual display of information and how search engines reflect and direct ways of thinking.

eBook available with sample pages: 0203463307

The Robot Will See You Now - Artificial Intelligence and the Christian Faith (Paperback): The Robot Will See You Now - Artificial Intelligence and the Christian Faith (Paperback)
R511 R414 Discovery Miles 4 140 Save R97 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The last decade has seen dramatic advances in artificial intelligence and robotics technology, raising tough questions that need to be addressed. The Robot Will See You Now considers how Christians can respond to these issues - and flourish - in the years ahead. Contributions from a number of international experts, including editors John Wyatt and Stephen Williams, explore a range of social and ethical issues raised by recent advances in AI and robotics. Considering the role of artificial intelligence in areas such as medicine, employment and security, the book looks at how AI is perceived as well as its actual impact on human interactions and relationships. Alongside are theological responses from an orthodox Christian perspective. Looking at how artificial intelligence and robotics may be considered in the light of Christian doctrine, The Robot Will See You Now offers a measured, thoughtful view on how Christians can understand and prepare for the challenges posted by the development of AI. This is a book for anyone who is interested in learning more about how AI and robots have advanced in recent years, and anyone who has wondered how Christian teaching relates to artificial intelligence. Whatever your level of technical knowledge, The Robot Will See You Now will give you a thorough understanding of AI and equip you to respond to the challenges it poses with confidence and faith.

The Renaissance Computer - Knowledge Technology in the First Age of Print (Paperback): Jonathan Sawday, Neil Rhodes The Renaissance Computer - Knowledge Technology in the First Age of Print (Paperback)
Jonathan Sawday, Neil Rhodes
R1,178 Discovery Miles 11 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


In the fifteenth century the printing press was the 'new technology'. The first ever information revolution began with the advent of the printed book, enabling Renaissance scholars to formulate new ways of organising and disseminating knowledge.
As early as 1500 there were already 20 million books in circulation in Europe. How did this rapid explosion of ideas impact upon the evolution of new disciplines?
The Renaissance Computer looks at the fascinating development of new methods of information storage and retrieval which took place at the very beginning of print culture. And it asks some crucial questions about the intellectual conditions of our own digital age. A dazzling array of leading experts in Renaissance culture explore topics of urgent significance today, including:
* the contribution of knowledge technologies to state formulation and national identity * the effect of multimedia, orality and memory on education * the importance of the visual display of information and how search engines reflect and direct ways of thinking.

Risk, Media and Stigma - Understanding Public Challenges to Modern Science and Technology (Paperback): Paul Slovic Risk, Media and Stigma - Understanding Public Challenges to Modern Science and Technology (Paperback)
Paul Slovic; Edited by James Flynn, Howard Kunreuther
R1,498 Discovery Miles 14 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The benefits of modern technology often involve health, safety and environmental risks that produce public suspicion of technologies and aversion to certain products and substances. Amplified by the pervasive power of the media, public concern about health and ecological risks can have enormous economic and social impacts, such as the 'stigmatization' experienced in recent years with nuclear power, British beef and genetically modified plants. This volume presents the most current and comprehensive examination of how and why stigma occurs and what the appropriate responses to it should be to inform the public and reduce undesirable impacts. Each form of stigma is thoroughly explored through a range of case studies. Theoretical contributions look at the roles played by government and business, and the crucial impact of the media in forming public attitudes. Stigma is not always misplaced, and the authors discuss the challenges involved in managing risk and reducing the vulnerability of important products, industries and institutions while providing the public with the relevant information they need about risks.

Cybercrime - Law enforcement, security and surveillance in the information age (Hardcover): Brian D. Loader, Douglas Thomas Cybercrime - Law enforcement, security and surveillance in the information age (Hardcover)
Brian D. Loader, Douglas Thomas
R4,360 Discovery Miles 43 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Author Biography:
Douglas Thomas is Lecturer at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California. Brian D. Loader is Co-Director of CIRA, University of Teesside, and editor of the international journal Information, communication and Society.

Information Society Studies (Hardcover): Alistair S. Duff Information Society Studies (Hardcover)
Alistair S. Duff
R4,201 Discovery Miles 42 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


We are often told that we are 'living in an information society' or that we are 'information workers'. But what exactly do these claims mean, and how might they be verified? In this important methodological study, Alistair Duff cuts through the rhetoric to get to the bottom of the 'information society thesis'.
Wide-ranging in coverage, this study will be of interest to scholars in information science, communication and media studies and social theory. It is a key text for the newly-unified specialism of information society studies, and an indispensable guide to the future of this discipline.

The Employment Impact of Innovation - Evidence and Policy (Hardcover): Mario Pianta, Marco Vivarelli The Employment Impact of Innovation - Evidence and Policy (Hardcover)
Mario Pianta, Marco Vivarelli
R4,359 Discovery Miles 43 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


The diffusion of information and communication technologies is rapidly changing the structure of advanced economies, raising new problems of technological unemployment. The view that market forces can easily counterbalance the labour-saving impact of innovation is contrasted in this book with empirical findings on aggregate compensation effects and on the consequences of product, process and organizational innovation in industries and services. After examining several policy aspects, new employment-friendly economic and innovation policies are proposed.

eBook available with sample pages: 0203458680

Re-thinking Leisure in a Digital Age (Paperback): Michael Silk, Brad Millington, Emma Rich, Anthony Bush Re-thinking Leisure in a Digital Age (Paperback)
Michael Silk, Brad Millington, Emma Rich, Anthony Bush
R1,202 Discovery Miles 12 020 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Digital worlds and cultures-social media, web 2.0, youtube, wearable technologies, health and fitness apps-dominate, if not order, our everyday lives. We are no longer 'just' consumers or readers of digital culture but active producers through facebook, twitter, Instagram, youtube and other emerging technologies. This book is predicated on the assumption that out understanding of our everyday lives should be informed by what is taking place in and through emerging technologies given these (virtual) environments provide a crucial context where traditional, categorical assumptions about the body, identity and leisure may be contested. Far from being 'virtual', the body is constituted within and through emerging technologies in material ways. Recent 'moral panics' over the role of digital cultures in teen suicide, digital drinking games, an endless array of homoerotic images of young bodies being linked with steroid use, disordered eating and body dissatisfaction, facebook games/fundraising campaigns (e.g. for breast cancer), movements devoted to exposing 'everyday sexism' / metoo, twitter abuse (of feminists, of athletes, of racist nature to name but a few), speak to the need for critical engagement with digital cultures. While some of the earlier techno-utopian visions offered the promise of digitality to give rise to participatory, user generator collaborations, within this book we provide critical engagement with digital technologies and what this means for our understandings of leisure cultures. The chapters originally published in a special issue in Leisure Studies.

Cybercrime - Law enforcement, security and surveillance in the information age (Paperback): Brian D. Loader, Douglas Thomas Cybercrime - Law enforcement, security and surveillance in the information age (Paperback)
Brian D. Loader, Douglas Thomas
R1,483 Discovery Miles 14 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Cybercrime focuses on the growing concern about the use of electronic communication for criminal activities and the appropriateness of the counter-measures which are being adopted by law enforcement agencies, security services and legislators to address such anxieties. Fuelled by sensational media headlines and news coverage which have done much to encourage the belief that technologies like the Internet are likely to lead to a lawless electronic frontier, Cybercrime provides a more considered and balanced perspective to what is an important and contested arena for debate. It looks at:
*legislation
*electronic criminal behaviour
*privacy and liberty
*the dangers of surveillance
Cybercrime explains the basic issues surrounding cybercrime and its impact on society.

Digital Democracy - Discourse and Decision Making in the Information Age (Hardcover): Barry N. Hague, Brian D. Loader Digital Democracy - Discourse and Decision Making in the Information Age (Hardcover)
Barry N. Hague, Brian D. Loader
R4,366 Discovery Miles 43 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This text examines the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and their consequences for political institutions, and assesses critically the concept of an emergent electronic democracy. The first section discusses the concepts and issues of "Electronic Democracy" with chapters on democracy and cyberspace, local democracy, global control and interactive ICTs. In the second section, entitled ICTs and the state, the chapters examine the impacts and implications of televising the British "House of Commons", the effects of ICTs on political parties, and closed circuit television. The final section discusses ICTs and the citizen with chapters covering democracies online, strengthening communities in the information age and the community network. This book provides a source for those studying social policy, politics and sociology as well as for policy analysts, social scientists and computer scientists.

European Cities and Technology - Industrial to Post-Industrial Cities (Hardcover): Colin Chant, David Goodman European Cities and Technology - Industrial to Post-Industrial Cities (Hardcover)
Colin Chant, David Goodman
R4,868 Discovery Miles 48 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume covers cities of the industrial revolution to 1870, European Cities since 1870 and urban technology transfer. Among the cities and themes covered are:
* the onset of industrialization
* Manchester and Glasgow
* London and Paris
* the rise of modern urban planning
* Berlin
* Building and government sponsorship
* Milton Keynes
* cities in Russia
* cities in Colonial India
This text is designed to be used on its own or as a companion volume to the accompanying "European Cities and Technology Reader" in the same series. It investigates the relative importance of technology, economics, politics and social conditions in relation to urban change.

European Cities and Technology - Industrial to Post-Industrial Cities (Paperback): Colin Chant, David Goodman European Cities and Technology - Industrial to Post-Industrial Cities (Paperback)
Colin Chant, David Goodman
R661 Discovery Miles 6 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Cities & Technology, a series of three textbooks and three readers, explores one of the most fundamental changes in the history of human society: the transition from predominantly rural to urban ways of living. This series presents a new social history of technology, using primarily urban settings as a source of historical evidence anda focus for the interpretation of the historical relations of technology and society.
Drawing on perspectives and writings from accross a number of disciplines involved in urban historical studies - including archaeology, urban history, historical geography and architectural history - the books in the series explore: how towns and cities have been shaped by applications of a range of technologies and how such technological applications have been influenced by their social contexts, including politics, economics, culture and the natural environment.
European Cities and Technology is designed to be used on its own or as a companion volume to the accompanying European Cities and Technology Reader in the same series. The book is divided into three principal sections: cities of the Industrial Revolution including case studies of Manchester, Glasgow, London and Paris; European cities since 1870, including London, Paris Berlin, the rise of modern urban planning and post-war reconstruction; and a variety of topics including Milton Keynes, Colonial India and Russia. It investigates the relative importance of technology, economics, politics and social conditions in relation to urban change.

Confined Space Entry - Guide to Compliance (Paperback): Frank R Spellman Confined Space Entry - Guide to Compliance (Paperback)
Frank R Spellman
R3,893 Discovery Miles 38 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

FROM THE PREFACE
This book brings together (in one text) all of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's regulatory requirements for making safe and proper confined space entries. Because confined space entry is a complicated procedure-and a process that contains inherent risks-those concerned with safety in the work place are constantly concerned with how to reduce the risks associated with confined space entry, how to eliminate or decrease the hazards workers face in confined spaces, and how to prevent injuries and fatalities from occurring in confined spaces. But comprehensive materials on confined space entry are difficult to find. Surprisingly little material on the subject is commercially available.
Confined Space Entry: A Guide to Compliance collects all of the associated requirements and regulations, including OSHA's Confined Space, Lockout/Tagout, Respiratory Protection Standards and Hot Work Permit requirements in this guidebook. These separate, specific safety standards and requirements have been combined and organized-as they should be, since each is married to the other-in a way that enables you (the user) to easily determine the critical relationship(s) between and among them-but more importantly, to teach you how to enter confined spaces safely-and how to provide workers with effective training for proper confined space entry.
Written in user-friendly, jargon-free plain English, this guidebook provides you with clear sample programs to serve as models when you write your own programs.
Workers have a growing need for more knowledge of the hazards of their work environments-and especially of confined spaces. To fulfill this imperative need, individuals and government must work together to better inform-and protect-these workers as they are exposed to a variety of complex and potentially life-threatening situations in confined spaces.
The message this text delivers is simple: The better both workers and management understand the potential hazards and the implementation of measures to either eliminate or reduce the risks and hazards of confined space entry, the safer the workers and the facility-and the better the relationship between the operating facility, the workers, the community, and the regulators.
As a result of no information, misinformation, no training, no supervision, little or no knowledge, confined space fatalities are real-they occur. They occur far too often.

A Research Agenda for Digital Politics (Hardcover): William H. Dutton A Research Agenda for Digital Politics (Hardcover)
William H. Dutton
R3,152 Discovery Miles 31 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This Elgar Research Agenda showcases insights from leading researchers on the charged issues and questions that lie ahead in the multidisciplinary field of digital politics. Covering the political implications of the Internet, social media, datafication and computational analytics, it looks to the future of how research might address the political challenges of the digital age and maps the key emerging trends in this field. Contributors outline and engage with major questions related to the transformation of campaigns, elections and political partisanship through digital media, and identify the methodological pathways and problems that impact the field. Exploring the implications of digitisation for governance, democracy, privacy, surveillance, advocacy, activism, and political talk, this book highlights the emergent ethical issues that will shape the future of this burgeoning focus of research. Featuring crucial insights into an increasingly pertinent subject, this Research Agenda will be key reading for researchers and graduate students of Internet studies, new media studies and political science. Policy makers, political consultants and anyone with a serious interest in research into digital politics will also benefit from this book's forward-looking approach. Contributors include: N. Anstead, J.G. Blumler, A. Chadwick, S. Coleman, A. Drew, E. Dubois, W.H. Dutton, L. Fernandez, H. Ford, M.I. Franklin, P. Gerbaudo, D. Karpf, L. Lievrouw, W.-Y. Lin, F. Martin-Bariteau, D. McDowell-Naylor, G. Moss, B. O'Loughlin, P. Rossini, V. Schneider, L. Sorenson, S. Wright, X. Zhang

Cyberspace Divide - Equality, Agency and Policy in the Information Society (Hardcover): Brian D. Loader Cyberspace Divide - Equality, Agency and Policy in the Information Society (Hardcover)
Brian D. Loader
R4,366 Discovery Miles 43 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Politicians, policy makers and business gurus are all encouraging us to join the information superhighway at the nearest junction or risk being excluded from the social and economic benefits of the information revolution. "Cyberspace Divide" critically considers the complex relationship between technological change, its effect upon social divisions, its consequences for social action an the emerging strategies for social inclusion in the Information Age. The contributors cover such themes as human interaction, ethical behavior, and the growing disparity between the information rich and the information poor.

The Visual Turn and the Transformation of the Textbook (Hardcover): James A Laspina The Visual Turn and the Transformation of the Textbook (Hardcover)
James A Laspina
R3,627 Discovery Miles 36 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Is the emerging digital multimedia culture of today transforming the textbook or forever displacing it? As new media of transmission enter the classroom, the traditional textbook is now caught up in a dialogue reshaping the textual boundaries of the book, and with it the traditional modes of cognition and learning, which are bound more to language than to visual form. Most of the important work in the past two decades in the field of curriculum has focused on the culture of the textbook. A rich literature has evolved around textbooks as the traditional object of instructional activity. This volume is an important contribution to this literature, which focuses on the actual making of a textbook. This design process serves as a metaphor that suggests new paradigms of learning and instruction, in which text content is but one component in a multidimensional information space."The Visual Turn" is an exploration along the border of this new learning space transforming the traditional center of instruction in the classroom.

Using IT Effectively - A Guide to Technology in the Social Sciences (Paperback): Millsom Henry University of Stirling., Henry... Using IT Effectively - A Guide to Technology in the Social Sciences (Paperback)
Millsom Henry University of Stirling., Henry Millsom
R1,027 Discovery Miles 10 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Technology and Social Science" examines the development and implementation of computer-assisted-learning in the social sciences. Encouraging both students and academics to improve the quality of their teaching and learning by using the wide range of new technologies effectively, this work highlights some of the pros and cons of technology, critically evaluating the technological process and its potential in the field. Encouraging the social science community to take an increasingly active role in this debate, the contributors examine key isues and emphasize areas in need of attention.

Technl Growth&Soc Chan Ils 165 (Hardcover): Stanley Arthur Hetzler Technl Growth&Soc Chan Ils 165 (Hardcover)
Stanley Arthur Hetzler
R1,660 Discovery Miles 16 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Technology, War and Fascism - Collected Papers of Herbert Marcuse, Volume 1 (Hardcover): Herbert Marcuse Technology, War and Fascism - Collected Papers of Herbert Marcuse, Volume 1 (Hardcover)
Herbert Marcuse; Edited by Douglas Kellner
R3,927 Discovery Miles 39 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Herbert Marcuse is one of the most influential thinkers of our time. Born in Berlin, Marcuse studied philosophy with Husserl and Heidegger at the Universities of Freiburg and Berlin. Marcuse's critical social theory ingeniously fuses phenomenology, Freudian thought and Marxist theory; and provides a solid ground for his reputation as the most crucial figure inspiring the social activism and New Left politics of the 1960s and 1970s. The largely unpublished work collected in this volume makes clear the continuing relevance of Marcuse's thought to contemporary issues. The texts published here, dealing with concerns during the period 1942-1951, exhibit penetrating critiques of technology and analyses of the ways that modern technology produces novel forms of society and culture with new modes of social control. The material collected in Technology, War and Facism provides exemplary attempts to link theory with practice, to develop ideas that can be used to grasp and transform existing social reality.
Technology, War and Fascism is the first of six volumes of Herbert Marcuse's Collected Papers to be edited by Douglas Kellner. Each volume is a collection of previously un-published or uncollected essays, unfinished manuscripts and letters by one of the greatest thinkers of our time.

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