How to Predict Everything: The Formula Transforming What We Know About Life and the Universe

How to Predict Everything: The Formula Transforming What We Know About Life and the Universe
William Poundstone
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2 Apr 2020 UK
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9781786077561
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There's a useful calculation being used by Wall Street, Silicon Valley and maths professors all over the world, and it predicts that human civilization will be over in 760 years. Unfortunately, there is disagreement over how to apply the formula, and according to one physicist it should be more like 115.With his rare gift for explaining mathematical concepts and a keen eye for the revealing anecdote, William Poundstone explains how it is done, with brief detours into archaeology, philology, and overdue library books. Using its deceptively simple method, we can look at the world around us with new eyes. What is the chance that there are multiple universes? How long will Hamilton run? Will the US stock market continue to perform as well this century as it has for the last hundred years?And are we all doomed?
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ISBN-13: 9781786077561
Published: 2 Apr 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Oneworld Publications
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine: 23mm
Pages: 320

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