Haldane advanced genetics, population biology and evolutionary theory. This volume emphasizes important developments in natural sciences in the early-20th century. It describes Haldane's views on society, art, religion and economy as seen through the eyes of a politically alert major scientist.
This book explores the emerging perspectives and methodologies of STEM education and its relationship to cultural understanding of science and technol..
Drawing on the empirical findings generated by researchers in science studies, and adopting Kropotkin's concept of anarchism as one of the social scie..
Examining a variety of bio-objects in contexts beyond the laboratory, Bio-Objects: Life in the 21st Century explores new ways of thinking about how no..
Thematically organised and offering comparative analyses of the generational use of new media and technology, this timely volume presents the latest r..
The book offers an array of case studies that examine the diffusion of 3/4D ultrasound images beyond the clinic and the implications of this new techn..
Drawing on classical sociological writing on secrecy by Simmel, Merton and Shils Secrecy and Science draws on recently declassified documents to inves..
A rich exploration of the overall logic of technoscientific innovation within late capitalism, and the emergence of a novel view of human agency with ..
Health research and health care practice are radically transforming as governments invest more in large scale, national and international health proje..
In this collection, leading experts explore the multidisciplinary connections between technology and economy, drawing on new convergences between econ..
Technologies of (In)security examines how general social and political concerns about terrorism, crime, migration and globalization are translated int..
From Science to Emancipation: Alienation and the Actuality of Enlightenment is the second of three books elaborating Roy Bhaskar’s new philosophy of m..
We are living in times of global capitalist crisis. As a consequence, revolutions in the Arab world, the Occupy movement and other forms of rebellion ..