Foresight / edited by Lawrence W. Sherman and David Allan Feller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sherman, Lawrence W., editor.

Feller, David Allan, editor.

Series:

Darwin College lectures ; 27.

The Darwin college lectures ; 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forecasting.

Prediction (Psychology).

Physical Description:

xi, 179 pages ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107512368

1107512360

OCLC:

942707100