Predicting the Future (Darwin College Lectures, Series Number 5) - Hardcover

 
9780521413237: Predicting the Future (Darwin College Lectures, Series Number 5)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521413230 ISBN 13: 9780521413237
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1993

Synopsis

Predicting the Future examines humankind's obsessive urge to look beyond the present in the hope of controlling events in the days to come.

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Review

"The contributors are eminent scholars from diverse fields who provide the reader with a personal view of predicting the future that is rooted in their own discipline and perspective. While some contributors stay closer to their task than others, all of them provide useful insights into the role and problems of prediction." British Medical Journal

Book Description

Auguries, oracles, omens ... and software simulation. From antiquity to the electronic age, Predicting the Future examines humankind's obsessive urge to look beyond the present in the hope of controlling events in the days to come with contributions from such well known authors as Stephen Hawking and Don Cupitt.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1993
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521413230
ISBN 13 
9780521413237
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
201
Editor
Howe Leo, Wain Alan

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

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