e-books in Social Aspects of Technology category
Gender in Science and Technologyby Waltraud Ernst (ed.) - Transcript-Verlag , 2014
What role does gender play in scientific research and the development of technologies? This book provides methodological expertise, research experiences and empirical results in the dynamic field of Science and Technology Studies.
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The Lights in the Tunnel: Automation, Accelerating Technology and the Economy of the Futureby Martin Ford - Acculant , 2009
This groundbreaking book by a computer engineer and entrepreneur shows how accelerating technology is likely to have a highly disruptive influence on our economy in the near future, and may well already be a factor in the current global crisis.
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Lentis: The Social Interface of Technology- Wikibooks , 2011
'Lentis: The Social Interface of Technology' is a guidebook to the realm where technological phenomena and social phenomena intersect. If we think of technology and society as domains that overlap, the common domain they share is a lens in shape.
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New Achievements in Technology, Education and Developmentby Safeeullah Soomro - InTech , 2010
This book focuses on the basic and applied research in the various fields of computer science and Engineering. Authors made efforts to provide theoretical as well as practical approaches to solve open problems through their elite research work.
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Tools for Thoughtby Howard Rheingold - The MIT Press , 2000
Where will our new machines take us? Back in 1985, forward-thinking Howard Rheingold asked research pioneers to describe the nascent personal-computer revolution and its trajectory. The book is an excellent slice of retrospective 'futurism'.
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Moths to the Flame: The Seductions of Computer Technologyby Gregory J. E. Rawlins - The MIT Press , 1997
The book is a mixture of futuristic prophecy and historical perspective covering all aspects of computer technology, some frightening, some fanciful. Rawlins reminds us that computers can only reflect the needs and values of their users.
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High-Tech Europe: The Politics of International Cooperationby Wayne Sandholtz - University of California Press , 1992
A study of cooperative efforts in the high-tech industries of Europe. Sandholtz examines why collaboration came late to these countries, how protective walls came down, how countries work together in economically sensitive areas.
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Content: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright, and the Future of the Futureby Cory Doctorow - Tachyon Publications , 2008
Discover how America chose Happy Meal toys over copyright, why Facebook is taking a faceplant, how the Internet is just a giant Xerox machine, why Wikipedia is a poor cousin of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and how to enjoy free e-books.
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