New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
Andrew C. A. Elliott, “Is That a Big Number?” (Oxford UP, 2018)
Andrew C. A. Elliott
Is That a Big Number?

Oxford University Press, 2018

New Books in MathematicsNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books in ScienceNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in SociologyNew Books Network November 9, 2018 Jim Stein

Andrew C. A. Elliott‘s Is That a Big Number? (Oxford University Press, 2018) is a book that those of us who feast on numbers will absolutely adore, but will also tease the palates of those for whom numbers have previously been somewhat distasteful.  This book helps us not only to realize... Read More
Anindita Banerjee, “Russian Science Fiction Literature and Cinema: A Critical Reader” (Academic Studies Press, 2018)
Anindita Banerjee
Russian Science Fiction Literature and Cinema
A Critical Reader
Academic Studies Press, 2018

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in FilmNew Books in Literary StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Russian and Eurasian StudiesNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network November 8, 2018 Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed

Russian Science Fiction Literature and Cinema: A Critical Reader (Academic Studies Press, 2018) offers a compelling investigation of the genre whose development was significantly reshaped in the second half of the 20th century. In her introduction to this volume, Anindita Banerjee outlines the specificity of Russian science fiction literature and cinema and... Read More
Raymond Boyle, “The Talent Industry: Television, Cultural Intermediaries and New Digital Pathways” (Palgrave, 2018)
Raymond Boyle
The Talent Industry
Television, Cultural Intermediaries and New Digital Pathways
Palgrave, 2018

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in CommunicationsNew Books in Critical TheoryNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Popular CultureNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in TechnologyNew Books Network November 6, 2018 Dave O'Brien

What are the hidden structures of the television industry? In The Talent Industry: Television, Cultural Intermediaries and New Digital Pathways (Palgrave, 2018), Raymond Boyle, a professor of communications at the University of Glasgow‘s Centre for Cultural Policy Research, explores this question by focusing on the idea of talent. The book offers... Read More
Daniel Stolz, “The Lighthouse and the Observatory: Islam, Science, and Empire in Late Ottoman Egypt” (Cambridge UP, 2018)
Daniel Stolz
The Lighthouse and the Observatory
Islam, Science, and Empire in Late Ottoman Egypt
Cambridge University Press, 2018

New Books in HistoryNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Islamic StudiesNew Books in Middle Eastern StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network November 5, 2018 Nadirah Mansour

Both a history of science and a history of Islam, The Lighthouse and the Observatory: Islam, Science, and Empire in Late Ottoman Egypt (Cambridge University Press, 2018) by Daniel Stolz tells the story of Ottoman Egypt and astronomy, looking at how astronomy tied together the state and religious practice. We talk... Read More
Mike Ananny, “Networked Press Freedom: Creating Infrastructures For a Public Right to Hear” (MIT Press, 2018)
Mike Ananny
Networked Press Freedom
Creating Infrastructures For a Public Right to Hear
MIT Press, 2018

New Books in CommunicationsNew Books in JournalismNew Books in LawNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network November 5, 2018 Monica Wilkie

In Networked Press Freedom: Creating Infrastructures For a Public Right to Hear (MIT Press, 2018), journalism professor Mike Ananny provides a new framework for thinking about the media at a time of significant change within the industry. Drawing on a variety of disciplines from journalism studies, political theory and technological studies,... Read More

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