Seers and scientists
Subtitle: can the future be predicted?
By: by Ann E. Weiss ; illustrated with drawings by Paul Plumer and with photographs.
Contributors: Plumer, Paul, 1936- ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Published: 1986
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: Forecasting -- Juvenile literature.; Forecasting.
Description: Discusses the phenomenon of predicting the future, its history, philosophy, dangers, and different methods both mystical and scientific, from ancient arts such as astrology to modern weather forecasting and the study of earthquakes.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 75-76.
Includes index.