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The remarkable developments in tracking technologies over the past decade have opened up a wealth of possibilities in terms of research into tourist spatial behaviour. To date, most research in the ……続きを見る

In this volume, Robert J. Sternberg and David D. Preiss bring together different perspectives on understanding the impact of various technologies on human abilities, competencies, and expertise. The……続きを見る

Today we are endlessly connected: constantly tweeting, texting or e-mailing. This may seem unprecedented, yet it is not. Throughout history, information has been spread through social networks, with……続きを見る

Technology and Finance analyses the dramatic implications of technology for today's financial sector, for productivity growth and for monetary policy. A wide range of financial market activities are……続きを見る

Education reform: We don′t need better, we need different Today′s students are immersed in the digital age, but can our educational system keep up? Best-selling author Will Richardson′s comprehensiv……続きを見る

In Aircraft Stories noted sociologist of technoscience John Law tells “stories” about a British attempt to build a military aircraftーthe TSR2. The intertwining of these stories demonstrates the way……続きを見る

In the twenty-first century, a network society is emerging. Fragmented, visually saturated, characterized by rapid technological change and constant social upheavals, it is dizzying, excessive, and ……続きを見る

A design sketch in the form of a personal essay, "The You-City" explores the near-future of American urban environments. Jeff Ferzoco pulls from his work as creative director in regional planning as……続きを見る

The Internet. Home to the most important and intimate aspects of our lives. Our careers, our relationships, our selves, all of them are out there - online. So, where is that exactly? 'The Internet r……続きを見る

Technological change is coming faster and faster with each passing year. And with each passing year, I seem to keep getting older. It's not that I want to, mind you, but it seems to be something out……続きを見る

What do Wikipedia, Zip Car’s business model, Barack Obama's presidential campaign, and a small group of lobster fishermen have in common? They all show the power and promise of human cooperation in ……続きを見る

Modern technological systems entail risks and uncertainties of hitherto unknown dimensions. This book discusses the construction of risk and safety within a variety of empirical contexts where techn……続きを見る

From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Inevitableー a sweeping vision oftechnology as a living force that can expand our individual potential This provocative book introduces a brand-n……続きを見る

A study of more than 100 businesses with online communities found that 35% had less than 100 members and less than 25% had more than 1,000 members. The consultant's recommendation who conducted the ……続きを見る

How do we ensure security and, at the same time, safeguard civil liberties? The Open Society Paradox challenges the conventional wisdom of those on both sides of the debateùleaders who want unlimite……続きを見る

Migrants and diaspora communities are shaped by their use of information and communication technologies. This book explores the multifaceted role played by new media in the re-location of these grou……続きを見る

What would today’s technology look like with Victorian-era design and materials? That’s the world steampunk envisions: a mad-inventor collection of 21st century-inspired contraptions powered by stea……続きを見る

People spent the twentieth century obsessed with the future. We created technologies that would help connect us faster, gather news, map the planet, and compile knowledge. We strove for an instantan……続きを見る

Peu de réalisations technologiques sont aussi impressionnantes que celle nous permettant d’observer notre propre planète depuis l'espace. Cette belle sphère suspendue dans le sombre vide intersidéra……続きを見る

Global Public Health Vigilance is the first sociological book to investigate recent changes in how global public health authorities imagine and respond to international threats to human health. This……続きを見る

Biosecurity is the assessment and management of potentially dangerous infectious diseases, quarantined pests, invasive (alien) species, living modified organisms, and biological weapons. It is a hol……続きを見る

Desde el dominio del fuego y las piedras talladas, hasta la revolución tecnológica de nuestros días, la creatividad del hombre ha modificado su entorno y su destino gracias a i……続きを見る

On 26 May, 2010 Apple Inc. passed Microsoft in valuation as the world's largest technology company. Its consumer electronic products - ranging from computers to mobile phones to portable media devic……続きを見る

The revolutions sweeping the Middle East provide dramatic evidence of the role that technology plays in mobilizing citizen protest and upending seemingly invulnerable authoritarian regimes. A grainy……続きを見る

'This is a welcome book. The issues of public understanding of science open many questions. What does "understanding" mean? How does understanding translate into attitudes towards science and trust ……続きを見る

Evolution has long shaped human behavior. Yet just recently have we learned that evolution based on natural selection is not the continuous process Darwin assumed. It is instead a two-part process ……続きを見る

The rate at which technology is changing our world--not just on a global level like space travel and instant worldwide communications but on the level of what we choose to wear, where we live, and w……続きを見る

Sensemaking diagnoses the ills of the US Intelligence community and provides solutions to its shortcomings.  This critical thinking book is among the most available books for government, intel……続きを見る

Recent work on children's digital cultures has identified a range of literacies emerging through children's engagement with new media technologies. This edited collection focuses on children's digit……続きを見る

Recent discoveries in physics, cosmology, and biochemistry have captured the public imagination and made the Design Argument - the theory that God created the world according to a specific plan - th……続きを見る