This book, the first of three volumes, revises the Aristotelian argument and develops an innovative assessment whereby the technical object can be seen as having an essential, distinct temporality and dynamics of its own.

But not everyone. In spellbinding interlocking narratives, Egan spins out the consequences of Own Your Unconscious through the lives of multiple characters whose paths intersect over several decades." --

After two volumes mainly introductory, Dr Needham now embarks upon his systematic study of the development of the natural sciences in China.

A section of Volume IV, part 1 and a section of Volume IV, part 3 of the major series:

Haraway explores the world of contemporary technoscience through the role of stories, figures, dreams, theories, advertising, scientific advances and politics.

Creative learning -- Projects -- Passion -- Peers -- Play -- Creative society

This is a biography of Westinghouse, genius inventor from railroad and gas distribution equipment to the corporate model of invention and research.

Lawrence M. Principe takes a fresh approach to the story of the scientific revolution, emphasising the historical context of the society and its world view at the time.

Based on an American Chemical Society Symposium organized by Professors Glenn Seaborg and Oliver Manuel, this volume provides a comprehensive record of different views on this important subject at the end of the 20th century.

In this compelling, disturbing, and ultimately hopeful book, Jeremy Rifkin argues that we are entering a new phase in history - one characterised by the steady and inevitable decline of jobs.