Science & Technology

This book explores relations between smartness and social justice, and questions whether working toward more just and sustainable cities requires that we look beyond the limitations of "smartness" altogether.

This book shares the life story of William Playfair, the father of statistical graphics, who experienced extreme ups and downs in his various careers, including as a statistician, economist, and fraudster.

Tuzo is the never-before-told story of one of Canada’s most influential scientists and the discovery of plate tectonics, a pivotal development that forever altered how we think of our planet.

With stories of life in the Anthropocene, this book places Dmitri Mendeleev’s periodic table of elements and his groundbreaking theory of elementality into modern context.

Ideas, Institutions, and Interests explores thirty years of science, technology, and innovation policy development and implementation by focusing on provincial and territorial contributions.

Made to Order explains more than three centuries of attitudes toward animal breeding.

Cybersecurity Management looks at the current state of cybercrime and explores how organizations can develop resources and capabilities to prepare themselves for the changing cybersecurity environment.

Technologies of the New Real explores the human impact of technology in the twenty-first century.

Making a Grade takes historiographic and sociological perspectives developed to understand large-scale scientific and technical systems and uses them to highlight the standardization that went into "standardized testing."

Informed by a chemist’s perspective, The Story of CO₂ offers a timely contribution to the climate crisis debate by highlighting how we can utilize carbon dioxide as a resource.

Covering issues within the scientific community, In Sight is a deeply personal memoir of a woman’s experience transitioning a major scientific treatment from grassroots development to commercial breakthrough.

This book guides concerned citizens and business leaders to take on the climate crisis, detailing five key practices for effective sustainability leadership.

This book details the people and politics involved in the development of the Canadian Light Source, the benefits to be gained from such scientific collaboration and cooperation, and the scientific successes from this world-class facility.

From Cells to Organisms is both a history of science and a history of how ideas are developed and accepted in society.

Being a Scientist is an innovative text designed to help undergraduate students become members of the scientific community.