Seeing into the future : a short history of prediction / Martin Van Creveld.
If there is anything that distinguishes us from animals, it is our ability to understand that such a thing as the future exists and our willingness to try and look into it. But how have people through the ages gone about making predictions? What were their underlying assumptions, and what methods di...
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. I. A Mysterious Journey
- 1. A Villain Of A Magician
- 2. In The Name Of The Lord
- 3. Oracles, Pythias And Sibyls
- 4. A Dream To Remember
- 5. Consulting The Dead
- pt. II. Be Sober And Reasonable
- 6. Searching The Heavens
- 7. Clear And Manifest
- 8. On Birds, Livers And Sacrifices
- 9. The Magic Of Numbers
- 10. Decoding The Bible
- pt. III. Enter Modernity
- 11. From Patterns To Cycles
- 12. With Hegel On The Brain
- 13. Ask, And You'll Be Answered
- 14. The Most Powerful Tools
- 15. War Games Here, War Games There
- pt. IV. The Lord Of The Universe
- 16. Looking Backwards
- 17. Why Is Prediction So Difficult?
- 18. Is Our Game Improving?
- 19. A World Without Uncertainty?