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This comprehensive volume explores the intricate, mutually dependent relationship between science and exploration-how each has repeatedly built on the discoveries of the other and, in the process, opened new frontiers.

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From egg timers to commuter cups, this thorough reference details the domestic technology and innovations that in part defined the 20th century.

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The tenth-anniversary edition of a foundational text in digital media and learning, examining new media practices that range from podcasting to online romantic breakups.

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The relationship between ignorance and surprise and a conceptual framework for dealing with the unexpected, as seen in ecological design projects.

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A unique resource that synthesizes existing primary and secondary sources to provide a fascinating introduction to the development and dissemination of science within history's great empires, as well as the complex interaction between imperialism and scientific progress over two centuries.

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In this age of global communication, local identities and nation-states reassert themselves when cultural boundaries are dissolved and reconstructed.

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In this age of global communication, local identities and nation-states reassert themselves when cultural boundaries are dissolved and reconstructed.

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How to design a world in which we rely less on stuff, and more on people.

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The internet, television, mobile phones, computer-based devices and other new forms of information technology are changing and influencing social life. Yet, they also pose challenges and have to be managed. This book offers an introduction to both the experience and implications of these technologies in everyday life.

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The internet, television, mobile phones, computer-based devices and other new forms of information technology are changing with influences on social life. Yet, they also pose challenges and have to be managed. This book offers an introduction to both the experience and implications of these technologies in everyday life.

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This title presents explores how emerging nanotechnologies demand a new approach to scientific discovery. It develops a theory of authorship, artifacts and intentionality in relation to public policies and institutions. It concludes that localized manufacturing, distributed design and nanotechnology call into question intellectual property regimes.

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At the macroeconomic level innovation increasingly means the ability of institutions to cope with uncertainty and change.

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A comprehensive biographical guide to the scientific achievements, personal lives, and struggles of women scientists from around the globe.

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An introduction to philosophy of technology posing a wide range of philosophical questions relating to technology and its social and cultural impact in today's world.

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This study focuses on the dilemmas faced by Chinese modernizers of the yangwu movement. It examines the tensions between the Chinese and the foreign companies seeking to extend telegraph technology to East Asian cities and how the domestic network was shaped by social and cultural forces.

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A sociological approach to the history of proof, as applied to and performed by computer systems.

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How maturing digital media and network technologies are transforming place, culture, politics, and infrastructure in our everyday life.

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The era of the new information revolution is arriving faster than any other era in the history of humanity-and its implications for communication, work, democracy, and education are discussed in detail in this volume.