Cambridge University Press, 10/13/2016EAN 9781107512368, ISBN10: 1107512360Paperback, 192 pages, 25.4 x 17.8 x 1.1 cmLanguage: EnglishHow do attempts to foresee the future actually change it? For thousands of years, humans have called upon foresight to shape their own actions in order to adapt and survive; as Charles Darwin revealed in his theory of natural selection, the capacity to do just that is key to the origin of species. The uses of foresight, however, can also be applied to help us further our understanding across a variety of realms in everything from warfare, journalism and music, to ancient civilizations, space weather and science. In a thought-provoking new addition to the Darwin College Lecture Series, eight distinguished authors each present an essay from their area of expertise devoted to the theme of 'foresight'. This provocative read reveals foresight as a process that can be identified across all areas of human endeavour, an art which can not only predict the future, but make it anything but inevitable.1. Foresight in ancient civilisations Geoffrey Lloyd2. Foresight in journalism Bridget Kendall3. Foresight and fiction Robert Sawyer4. Foresight in scientific method Hasok Chang5. Foresight in music Nicholas Cook6. Foreseeing in space weather Jim Wild7. Foresight and self-control Terrie Moffitt8. Foresight in Ancient Mesopotamia Francesca RochbergIndex.
