Seeing into the future : a short history of prediction /

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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Main Author: Van Creveld, Martin, 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London, UK : Reaktion Books 2020
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