All eleven of these stories imaginatively deal with the social implications and political consequences of future advances in the application of the concepts and methods of biology and the related disciplines of physics, chemistry, computer science, and bioengineering to solve or attempt to solve real-world problems.
The book describes the protracted war between the domineering King Gorice of Witchland and the Lords of Demonland in an imaginary world that appears mainly medieval and partly reminiscent of Norse sagas.
Small Bird escapes his cage… and discovers a whole big world outside.
Immense amounts of data are flowing into and out of today’s businesses, but it’s often difficult to know how to turn this data into actionable insights.
Rather than rely exclusively on United Nation’s IPCC for scientific advice, policymakers should seek out advice from independent, non-government organizations and scientists who are free of financial and political conflicts of interest.
This volume argues that now is the time to question what we have learnt from the Web so far. The 12 chapters explore this topic from a number of interdisciplinary angles – through histories of national web spaces and case studies of different government and media domains – as well as an introduction that provides an overview of this exciting new area of research.