Limits of Predictability

Yurii A. Kravtsov

ISBN 10: 3642510108 / ISBN 13: 9783642510106

Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg Apr 2014, 2014

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -One of the driving forces behind much of modern science andtechnology is the desire to foresee and thereby control thefuture. In recent years, however, it has become clear that,even in a deterministic world, there is alimit to theaccuracy with which we can predict the future. This bookdetails, in a largely nontechnical style, the extent towhich we can predict the future development of variousphysical, biological and socio-economic processes. 272 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Limits of Predictability
• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Apr 2014
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3642510108
• ISBN 13: 9783642510106
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 15D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
• Weight: 417 grams

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Synopsis

This book will appeal to a wide audience of scientists from all fields. It presents a broadranging discussion of the extent to which science and mathematics enable us to predict, and thereby control, the future. Examples are taken from physical, biological and socio-economic systems.