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Book cover for Howard Rheingold: Tools for Thought

Tools for Thought : The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology

Howard Rheingold
Paperback - $43.95

The digital revolution did not begin with the teenage millionaires of Silicon Valley, claims Howard Rheingold, but with such early intellectual giants as Charles Babbage, George Boole, and John von Neumann. In a highly engaging style, Rheingold tells ...

Book cover for Richard Rhodes: Visions of Technology

Visions of Technology : A Century of Vital Debate about Machines, Systems, and the Human World

Richard Rhodes
Paperback - $26.95

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" presents a compelling overview of the effects of technology on modern life in a one-of-a-kind collection. Illustrations throughout.

Book cover for Wolfgang Sachs: For Love of the Automobile

For Love of the Automobile : Looking Back Into the History of Our Desires

Wolfgang Sachs
Hardcover - $117.95

In his cultural analysis of the motor car in Germany, Wolfgang Sachs starts from the assumption that the automobile is more than a means of transportation and that its history cannot be understood merely as a triumphant march of technological innovat ...

Book cover for Stanley Schmidt: The Coming Convergence

The Coming Convergence : Surprising Ways Diverse Technologies Interact to Shape Our World and Change the Future

Stanley Schmidt
Hardcover - $45.95



Book cover for Howard P. Segal: Technological Utopianism in American Culture

Technological Utopianism in American Culture

Howard P. Segal
Paperback - $41.95



Book cover for Steven Shaviro: Connected

Connected : Or What It Means to Live in the Network Society

Steven Shaviro
Paperback - $43.95

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 sometimes surreal. In this breathtaking work, Steven ...

Book cover for David Shenk: The End of Patience

The End of Patience : Cautionary Notes on the Information Revolution

David Shenk
Hardcover - $33.95



Book cover for Tim Shortis: The Language of Ict

The Language of Ict : Information and Communication Technology

Tim Shortis
Paper Textbook - $60.95

Written in a clear, user-friendly style by an experienced writer and teacher, "The Language of New Communication Technologies combines practical activities with texts, followed by commentaries. The book explores the nature of the electronic word and ...

Book cover for James Slevin: The Internet and Society

The Internet and Society

James Slevin
Paperback - $66.95

The Internet and Society explores the impact of the internet on modern culture beyond the fashionable celebration of 'anything goes' online culture or the overly pessimistic conceptions tainted by the logic of domination. In this major new work, Jame ...

Book cover for Tom Standage: The Future of Technology

The Future of Technology

Tom Standage
Hardcover - $47.95

Drawing on the best technology writing that has appeared in The Economist, this collection is a thought-provokiing guide to where we are and where we are headed as we continue and implement the unprecendented technological innovation and challenges o ...

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