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If you loved Why Democracies Need Science by Harry Collins, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Philosophy & Social Aspects, Sociology, Science, and Social Science.

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Digital Habitats Stewarding Technology for Communities

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Sociology • Science

The War for Kindness Building Empathy in a Fractured World — Jamil Zaki

The War for Kindness Building Empathy in a Fractured World

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Sociology • Science

21 Lessons for the 21st Century — Yuval Noah Harari

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Yuval Noah Harari

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Sociology • Science

The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity A Study in Sociological Semantics and the Sociology of Science — Robert K. Merton

The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity A Study in Sociological Semantics and the Sociology of Science

Robert K. Merton

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Sociology • Science

Global Media, Biopolitics, and Affect Politicizing Bodily Vulnerability — Britta Timm Knudsen

Global Media, Biopolitics, and Affect Politicizing Bodily Vulnerability

Britta Timm Knudsen

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Sociology • Science

Euthanasia is Not the Answer A Hospice Physician’s View — David Cundiff

Euthanasia is Not the Answer A Hospice Physician’s View

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Sociology • Science

The Justice Motive in Social Behavior Adapting to Times of Scarcity and Change — Melvin J. Lerner

The Justice Motive in Social Behavior Adapting to Times of Scarcity and Change

Melvin J. Lerner

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Sociology • Science

Scale The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies — Geoffrey B. West

Scale The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies

Geoffrey B. West

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Sociology • Science

Critical Mass How One Thing Leads to Another — Philip Ball

Critical Mass How One Thing Leads to Another

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Sociology • Science

A Walk Around the Block Stoplight Secrets, Mischievous Squirrels, Manhole Mysteries & Other Stuff You See Every Day (and Know Nothing About) — Spike Carlsen

A Walk Around the Block Stoplight Secrets, Mischievous Squirrels, Manhole Mysteries & Other Stuff You See Every Day (and Know Nothing About)

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Sociology • Science

The Citizen Marketer Promoting Political Opinion in the Social Media Age — Joel Penney

The Citizen Marketer Promoting Political Opinion in the Social Media Age

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Sociology • Science

Ivan Illich An Intellectual Journey — David Cayley

Ivan Illich An Intellectual Journey

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Sociology • Science

Phenomenological Bioethics Medical Technologies, Human Suffering, and the Meaning of Being Alive — Fredrik Svenaeus

Phenomenological Bioethics Medical Technologies, Human Suffering, and the Meaning of Being Alive

Fredrik Svenaeus

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Sociology • Science

Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes — Jeff Sebo

Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Sociology • Science

Biomedical Innovation in Fertility Care Evidence Challenges, Commercialization, and the Market for Hope — Manuela Perrotta

Biomedical Innovation in Fertility Care Evidence Challenges, Commercialization, and the Market for Hope

Manuela Perrotta

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Sociology • Science

Creative Experience — Mary Parker Follett

Creative Experience

Mary Parker Follett

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Sociology • Science

Science, Freedom, Democracy — Péter Hartl

Science, Freedom, Democracy

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Sociology • Science

Science, Technology, and Society A Sociological Approach — Wenda K. Bauchspies

Science, Technology, and Society A Sociological Approach

Wenda K. Bauchspies

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Sociology • Science

The Age of Earthquakes A Guide to the Extreme Present — Shumon Basar

The Age of Earthquakes A Guide to the Extreme Present

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Sociology • Science

Solitude In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World — Michael Harris

Solitude In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Sociology • Science

The Only Woman in the Room Why Science is Still a Boys’ Club — Eileen Pollack

The Only Woman in the Room Why Science is Still a Boys’ Club

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Sociology • Science

The Biopolitics of Water Governance, Scarcity and Populations — Sofie Hellberg

The Biopolitics of Water Governance, Scarcity and Populations

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Sociology • Science

Experiments in Practice — Astrid E. Schwarz

Experiments in Practice

Astrid E. Schwarz

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Sociology • Science

Image Beyond the Screen Projection Mapping — Daniel Schmitt

Image Beyond the Screen Projection Mapping

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Sociology • Science

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