The pursuit of destiny : a history of prediction /
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| Author / Creator: | Halpern, Paul, 1961- |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, MA : Perseus Pub., c2000. |
| Description: | xxii, 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4366677 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction The Shape of Things to Come
- 1. Ancient Auguries
- 2. The Lathe of Laplace the Deterministic Future
- 3. Light Flights
- 4. Rolls of the Dice the Quantum Future
- 5. Change in the Weather
- 6. The Body Electric Complexity and Living Systems
- 7. The Roar of Tomorrow
- 8. Time's Terminus
- Conclusion: Frontiers of Prediction
- Further Reading
- Notes
- Index
