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Da Vinci Notebooks
Profile 2011; US$ 9.58A dazzling array of invention, insight and observation from perhaps the greatest genius of Western civilisation. Towering across time as the painter of the Mona Lisa, forever famous as a sculptor and an inventor, Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest minds of both the Italian Renaissance and Western civilisation. His celebrated notebooks display... more...
Information, Power, and Politics
Lexington Books 2010; US$ 64.99With the spread of information and communication technologies (ICT)s comes the potential for new social and economic equalities. However, as Information, Power, and Politics: Technological and Institutional Mediations demonstrates, these technologies can also act as an impetus for democratizing information and knowledge. more...
100 Ideas that Changed the World
Ebury Publishing 2011; US$ 13.34Every once in a while, an idea comes along that makes the entire world sit up and take notice. From the earliest understandings of our place in the solar system, via Darwinism, DNA, neutrons and quarks, right up to the theories that are pushing the boundaries of our knowledge today, we are forever propelled forward by our most gifted scientific minds.... more...
The Crime of Reason
Basic Books 2008; US$ 25.95A Nobel Laureate physicist argues that ours is not an age of information but an age of disinformation and ignorance, where access to knowledge is becoming increasingly restricted and even criminalized. more...
The Real World of Technology
House of Anansi Press 2011; US$ 16.95In this expanded edition of her bestselling 1989 CBC Massey Lectures, renowned scientist and humanitarian Ursula M. Franklin examines the impact of technology upon our lives and addresses the extraordinary changes since The Real World of Technology was first published. In four new chapters, Franklin tackles contentious issues, such as the dilution... more...
Context
Tachyon Publications 2011; US$ 9.95One of the internet’s most celebrated hi-tech culture mavens returns with this second collection of essays and polemics. Discussing complex topics in an accessible manner, Cory Doctorow shares visions of a future where artists control their own destinies and where freedom of expression is tempered with the view that creators need to benefit... more...
Falling for Science
Random House New Zealand 2011; US$ 22.45Brilliant examination of evolution vs creationism and of Intelligent Design by an award-winning author.?What is consciousness? Is evolution compatible with traditional religion? Does time exist or is it just our way of ordering experiences? Could a machine ever think? What do scientists really mean when they call something a fact?? Modern science has... more...
Identity Shift
Wiley 2011; US$ 24.95Explore the intersection of technology and identity Does technology cause a shift in how we perceive our relationships and ourselves? To find the answer, global communications leader Alcatel-Lucent commissioned an extensive research study. Subjects crossed geographic, generational, socioeconomic, and cultural boundaries. Hundreds of hours... more...
Techno-Cultural Evolution
Potomac Books Inc. 2006; US$ 17.95A revolutionary, cross-disciplinary explanation of modern conflict and human development more...
Social Exclusion, Power, and Video Game Play
Lexington Books 2012; US$ 74.99This book represents cutting-edge research that addresses major issues of social exclusion, power and liberatory fantasies in virtual play. Specifically, the scope of the book examines three areas of concern: social psychological implications of virtual gameplay; reproduction and contestation of social inequality in virtual realms. more...









