New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
Joy Lisi Rankin, “A People’s History of Computing in the United States” (Harvard UP, 2018)
Joy Lisi Rankin
A People’s History of Computing in the United States

Harvard University Press, 2018

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in EducationNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in TechnologyNew Books Network February 19, 2019 Mikey McGovern

We know, perhaps too well, the innovation-centric history of personal computing. Yet, computer users were not necessarily microelectronics consumers from the get-go; rather, earlier efforts to expand mainframe computing as a public utility made elite information technology accessible to a wide audience. In A People’s History of Computing in the... Read More
Jieun Baek, “North Korea’s Hidden Revolution: How the Information Underground Is Transforming a Closed Society” (Yale UP, 2016)
Jieun Baek
North Korea's Hidden Revolution
How the Information Underground Is Transforming a Closed Society
Yale University Press, 2016

New Books in CommunicationsNew Books in East Asian StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Political ScienceNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in SociologyNew Books Network February 12, 2019 Ed Pulford

With recent events having raised hopes that significant change may be afoot in North Korea, it is important to remember that DPRK society has in fact been undergoing steady transformation for a considerable period of time. Among the most important dimensions of this are the changes that have occurred in... Read More
Peter Hotez, “Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel’s Autism: My Journey as a Vaccine Scientist, Pediatrician, and Autism Dad” (Johns Hopkins UP, 2018)
Peter Hotez
Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel’s Autism
My Journey as a Vaccine Scientist, Pediatrician, and Autism Dad
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in MedicineNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books in ScienceNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network February 7, 2019 Jeremy Corr

Dr. Peter Hotez is a pediatrician-scientist who develops vaccines for neglected tropical diseases affecting the world’s poor. He is also the father of a daughter who was diagnosed with autism. The alleged link between vaccines and autism has long been disproven, but it is still a belief held onto by... Read More
Adrienne Mayor, “Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology” (Princeton UP, 2018)
Adrienne Mayor
Gods and Robots
Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology
Princeton University Press, 2018

New Books in HistoryNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in TechnologyNew Books Network February 6, 2019 Carrie Lynn Evans

The first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant called Talos. This wondrous machine was created not by the MIT Robotics Lab, but by Hephaestus, the Greek god of invention. More than 2,500 years ago, long before medieval automata, and centuries before technology made self-moving devices possible, Greek... Read More
John Torpey, “The Three Axial Ages: Moral, Material, Mental” (Rutgers UP, 2017)
John Torpey
The Three Axial Ages
Moral, Material, Mental
Rutgers University Press, 2017

New Books in Big IdeasNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in SociologyNew Books Network January 30, 2019 Mark Klobas

Since its initial postulation by Karl Jaspers, the concept of an “axial age” in the development of human thought and religion has exerted enormous influence in the fields of history and sociology. In The Three Axial Ages: Moral, Material, Mental (Rutgers University Press, 2017), John Torpey develops the concept further by identifying... Read More

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