Seeing into the Future: A Short History of Prediction

Author: Martin van Creveld Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 296 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 did they use? Have increased computer power and the newest algorithms improved our success in anticipating the future, or...Read more