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Main Title Searching for certainty : what scientists can know about the future /
Author Casti, J. L.
Publisher W. Morrow,
Year Published 1990
OCLC Number 22183480
ISBN 0688089801; 9780688089801; 068811914X; 9780688119140
Subjects Science--Methodology ; Science--Forecasting ; Science--Social aspects--Forecasting ; Futurologie ; Methodologie ; Prognose ; Vorhersagbarkeit ; Wissenschaft ; Wettervorhersage ; Aktienkursprognose ; Ontogenie ; Kriegsbeginn ; G odelscher Unvollst andigkeitssatz ; Chaostheorie
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EHBM  Q175.C434 1991 CEMM/ACESD Library/Narragansett,RI 04/22/2024
Edition 1st ed.
Collation 496 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-467) and index.
Contents Notes
Correlations, causes, and chance. Prediction and explanation in science and in life -- Whither the weather? Can we predict/explain changes in weather and climate? -- Shaping up. Can we predict/explain the physical form of living things? -- Meanwhile, over at the casino. Can we predict/explain the behavior of stock market prices? -- A nice little war. Can we predict/explain the outbreak of war? -- Proof or consequences. Can we predict/explain the true statements of arithmetic? -- Summary: the letters of the laws. What can we know for sure? Investigates the degree to which the science of today is in a position to predict everyday events occurring in the worlds of natural and human affairs.