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Techno-moral change through solar geoengineering: How geoengineering challenges sustainability 太阳能地球工程带来的技术道德变革:地球工程如何挑战可持续性

Prometheus (Italy) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.13169/prometheus.38.1.0082

Benjamin Hofbauer

引用次数: 3

Simeon J. Yates and Ronald E. Rice (eds) Oxford Handbook of Digital Technology and Society Simeon J. Yates和Ronald E. Rice(编)牛津数字技术与社会手册

Prometheus (Italy) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.13169/prometheus.38.3.0356

José María Zavala Pérez

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Metaphor and theory: a case study of astronomy 隐喻与理论:天文学个案研究

Prometheus (Italy) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.13169/prometheus.38.3.0310

T. Grubic

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Edmund Phelps, Raicho Bojilov, Hian Teck Hoon and Gylfi Zoega, Dynamism: The Values That Drive Innovation, Job Satisfaction and Economic Growth Edmund Phelps, Raicho Bojilov, Hian Teck Hoon, Gylfi Zoega，《动力:驱动创新、工作满意度和经济增长的价值观》

Prometheus (Italy) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.13169/prometheus.38.3.0348

Antara Haldar

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Ali E. Abbas (ed.) Next-Generation Ethics: Engineering a Better Society reviewed by Mandi Astola 阿里·阿巴斯主编:《下一代伦理学:建设一个更美好的社会》，曼迪·阿斯托拉评论

Prometheus (Italy) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.13169/prometheus.37.4.0382

M. Astola

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Karen Yeung and Martin Lodge (eds) Algorithmic Regulation reviewed by Laurence Diver 杨凯伦和马丁·洛奇编:劳伦斯·戴弗评论的算法监管

Prometheus (Italy) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.13169/prometheus.37.4.0387

Laurence Diver