Limits of Predictability

Yurii A. Kravtsov

Springer

2014

255 páginas

8h 30m

ISBN-13: 9783642510106

One of the driving forces behind much of modern science and technology is the desire to foresee and thereby control the future. In recent years, however, it has become clear that, even in a deterministic world, there is alimit to the accuracy with which we can predict the future. This book details, in a largely nontechnical style, the extent to which we can predict the future development of various physical, biological and socio-economic processes.