Predicting the Future: The Darwein College Lectures - Brossura

Howe, Leo

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ISBN 10: 0521619742 ISBN 13: 9780521619745

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

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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Recensione

"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

Descrizione del libro

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.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521619742
• ISBN 13: 9780521619745
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 204
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