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RECORD NUMBER: 18 OF 25Main Title | Searching for certainty : what scientists can know about the future / | |||||||||||
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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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Edition | 1st ed. | |||||||||||
Collation | 496 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-467) and index. |
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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. |