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  • Changing Large Technical Systems

    de Jane Summerton ...
    This international anthology presents case studies of historical and contemporary transformations of large technical systems such as railways, telecommunications, electricity, and automobiles. The authors, working at the forefront of historical and social science research on the dynamics of large technical systems, analyze how and why these systems undergo change. Because of their important roles ... Leer más

    $60.99 USD

  • Constructing Risk and Safety in Technological Practice

    Edición de Boel Berner, Jane Summerton ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
    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 technologies and their risk are debated and handled by individuals, groups or organizations. With contributions from leading scholars from Europe and the USA, it presents original theoretical discussions, ... Leer más

    $62.99 USD

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  • The Second Machine Age

    Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies

    de Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee ...
    A New York Times Bestseller. A “fascinating” (Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times) look at how digital technology is transforming our work and our lives.In recent years, Google’s autonomous cars have logged thousands of miles on American highways and IBM’s Watson trounced the best human Jeopardy! players. Digital technologies—with hardware, software, and networks at their core—will in the near ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Overcomplicated

    Technology at the Limits of Comprehension

    de Samuel Arbesman ...
    Why did the New York Stock Exchange suspend trading without warning on July 8, 2015? Why did certain Toyota vehicles accelerate uncontrollably against the will of their drivers? Why does the programming inside our airplanes occasionally surprise its creators?After a thorough analysis by the top experts, the answers still elude us.You don’t understand the software running your car or your iPhone. ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Mindless

    Why Smarter Machines are Making Dumber Humans

    de Simon Head ...
    We live in the age of Computer Business Systems (CBSs) -- the highly complex, computer-intensive management programs on which large organizations increasingly rely. In Mindless, Simon Head argues that these systems have come to trump human expertise, dictating the goals and strategies of a wide array of businesses, and de-skilling the jobs of middle class workers in the process. CBSs are ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Digital Mosaic

    Media, Power, and Identity in Canada

    de David Taras ...
    Digital Media has transformed the way Canadians socialize and interact, conduct business, experience culture, fight political battles, and acquire knowledge. Traditional media, including newspapers and conventional TV networks, remain the primary link to Canada's political sphere but are under concerted attack. YouTube, blogs, online broadcasting, Facebook, and Twitter have opened new and exciting ... Leer más

    $35.99 USD

  • Life in Code

    A Personal History of Technology

    de Ellen Ullman ...
    The never-more-necessary return of one of our most vital and eloquent voices on technology and culture, the author of the seminal Close to the MachineThe last twenty years have brought us the rise of the internet, the development of artificial intelligence, the ubiquity of once unimaginably powerful computers, and the thorough transformation of our economy and society. Through it all, Ellen Ullman ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • A Brief History of Tomorrow: How The Experts Usually Screw Up (Future Forecasting)

    de Jonathan Margolis ...
    A fascinating look at the future, as you’ve never seen it. Ten years from now, will we have a tiny personal computer surgically inserted in an earlobe, capable of connecting to phone lines and the internet? Fifty years from now, will atomic-sized robots replace surgeons? A hundred years from now, instead of taking the bus, will we simply teleport to work? It all may sound like impossible science ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Global "Body Shopping"

    An Indian Labor System in the Information Technology Industry

    de Xiang Biao ...
    Series series In-Formation
    How can America's information technology (IT) industry predict serious labor shortages while at the same time laying off tens of thousands of employees annually? The answer is the industry's flexible labor management system--a flexibility widely regarded as the modus operandi of global capitalism today. Global "Body Shopping" explores how flexibility and uncertainty in the IT labor market are ... Leer más

    $14.39 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Circus Age

    Culture and Society under the American Big Top

    de Janet M. Davis ...
    A century ago, daily life ground to a halt when the circus rolled into town. Across America, banks closed, schools canceled classes, farmers left their fields, and factories shut down so that everyone could go to the show. In this entertaining and provocative book, Janet Davis links the flowering of the early-twentieth-century American railroad circus to such broader historical developments as the ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • The Italian Antimafia, New Media, and the Culture of Legality

    de Robin Pickering-Iazzi ...
    Series series Toronto Italian Studies
    The past two decades have witnessed increasing opposition to mafia influence and activities in Italy. Community organizations such as Libera, founded in 1995, and Addiopizzo, originating in 2004, exemplify how Italian society has tried to come together to promote antimafia activities. The societal opposition to mafia influence continues to grow and the Internet has become a frontline in the battle ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • Beyond Broadband Access

    Developing Data-Based Information Policy Strategies

    de Richard D. Taylor, Amit M. Schejter ...
    Series series Donald McGannon Communication Research Center's Everett C. Parker Book Series
    After broadband access, what next? What role do metrics play in understanding “information societies”? And, more important, in shaping their policies? Beyond counting people with broadband access, how can economic and social metrics inform broadband policies, help evaluate their outcomes, and create useful models for achieving national goals? This timely volume not only examines the traditional ... Leer más

    $39.99 USD