Science and Technology
Truth-Seeking in an Age of (Mis)Information Overload
Offers a thorough, multidisciplinary picture of the informational challenges of our media ecosystem, as well as collaborative strategies for addressing them.
Global Rhetorics of Science
Takes a multicultural, interdisciplinary approach to the rhetoric of science to expand our toolkit for the collective management of global risks like climate change and pandemics.
Made in New York
How New Yorkers transformed the world!
The Critical Ihde
This critical reader brings together both essential as well as under-recognized writings from the work of Don Ihde, one of the most important contemporary thinkers on technology and human experience.
South of the Future
Unique interdisciplinary analysis of gendered and racialized economies of care in South Asia and the Americas.
The Beauty of Detours
Proposes an innovative, holistic understanding of technology.
The Heroic Age of Diving
A comprehensive history of the first three decades of underwater exploration in antebellum America.
Destiny Domesticated
Analyzes contemporary technological society through the lens of Greek tragedy.
Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CETI)
Highlights the most recent developments in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), and advocates a diverse range of approaches to make SETI increasingly more powerful and effective in the years to come.
Quantum Theory
Explores what can be known within quantum theory, with special emphasis on the difference between prediction and explanation.
Biotechnology
Considers the ethics and challenges of biotechnology.
Postphenomenology and Technoscience
Maps the future of phenomenological thought, accounting for how technology expands our means of experiencing the world.
How the Gene Got Its Groove
Traces the rhetorical work of the gene in scientific and nonscientific discourse throughout the twentieth century.
Portable Communities
Looks at the social implications of having constant access to others through cell phones, wireless computers, and other electronic devices.
Understanding Gregory Bateson
Essays and poems explore the contemporary relevance of Emerson’s work and thought.
Understanding Gregory Bateson
Introduction to Gregory Bateson’s unique perspective on the relationship of humanity to the natural world.
Sins against Science
Recounts the fake news stories, written from 1830 to 1880, about scientific and technological discoveries, and the effect these hoaxes had on readers and their trust in science.
Postphenomenology
Critically engages the work of the philosopher Don Ihde.
Defining NASA
Examines the politics behind the funding of NASA.
A Parliament of Science
Interviews with scientific leaders focus on the challenges, promises, and perils of science and technology.
Metaphor and Knowledge
Analyzing the power of metaphor in the rhetoric of science, this book examines the use of words to express complex scientific concepts.
Visions of STS
Maps interconnections between science, technology, and society in order to understand both benefits and costs.
Spurious Coin
Offers a narrative history of technical writing as a cultural practice and the system of scientific knowledge it controls.
Parliaments and Technology
The first comparative analysis of the development and practice of technology assessment in different national settings.
User-Centered Technology
Presents a theoretical model for examining technology through a user perspective.