| Summary: | People of every culture have practiced a broad range of dramatic and sometimes frightening techniques to peer into the future. In this book, acclaimed author Pickover presents a nearly exhaustive list of fortune-telling techniques, from human sacrifice to reading clues on the Internet. Pickover not only explores a vast array of methods of prediction--including dreaming--he also evaluates the accuracy of some of the most astonishing prophecies made throughout history. Just how accurate were such famous soothsayers as Nostradamus, Edgar Cayce, the children of Fatima, and dozens more? He also explores our inner psyches: Why does looking into the future provide a source of solace in a world filled with uncertainty, disease, and chance? And why do prognosticators so often warn of natural catastrophes of biblical proportions, such as earthquakes and floods that will signal the end of the world?--From publisher description.
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