Predicting the Future

Abstract

Introduction: predicting the future Leo Howe 1. The future of the universe Stephen Hawking 2. Chaos Ian Stewart 3. Comets and the world's end Simon Schaffer 4. Predicting the economy Frank Hahn 5. The medical frontier Ian Kennedy 6. Divine providence in late antiquity Averil Cameron 7. Buddist prediction: how open is the future? Richard Gombrich 8. The last judgement Don Cupitt Notes on contributors Acknowledgements Index.