| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Darwin college lectures
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Darwin College lectures.
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| Contents |
Foresight in ancient civilisations / Geoffrey Lloyd -- Foresight in journalism / Bridget Kendall -- Foresight and fiction / Robert Sawyer -- Foresight in scientific method / Hasok Chang -- Foresight in music / Nicholas Cook -- Foreseeing in space weather / Jim Wild -- Foresight and self-control / Terrie Moffitt -- Foresight in ancient Mesopotamia / Francesca Rochberg. |
| Summary |
"The idea of foresight is as old as recorded societies, as controversial as climate change, as interesting as a murder mystery, and as useful as an umbrella. It is a siren tempting journalists to dash themselves on the rocks of prediction, a competitive sport in which winners may claim high fees for their success-or even failure. Yet the greatest value of foresight is to change our futures, not just to predict them. Foresight embraces more than disengaged claims about what will happen; it can also engage lines of action in which foresight itself causes what happens next-either to confirm its prediction or avoid it"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Forecasting.
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Forecasting. |
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Prediction (Psychology)
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Prediction (Psychology) |
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SCIENCE -- General. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Sherman, Lawrence W., editor.
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Feller, David Allan, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Foresight. Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016 9781107512368 (DLC) 2016023668 (OCoLC)942707100 |
| ISBN |
9781316788264 (electronic book) |
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1316788261 (electronic book) |
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9781316225301 |
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1316225305 |
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9781107512368 |
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1107512360 |
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9781316787304 |
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1316787303 |
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