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Predictions: Society's Telltale Signature Reveals Past & Forcasts the Future

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A look at the application of scientific concepts to predicting social phenomena illuminates such diverse subjects as the death rate from auto accidents, Mozart's musical genius, the probable cure for AIDS, and more. 40,000 first printing.

288 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1992

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Theodore Modis

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Theodore Modis was born in Florina, a small town in northwestern Greece. At the age of eighteen he won a full scholarship to study in the USA. He received a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Physics, both from Columbia University, New York.

Before founding Growth Dynamics in 1994, he worked at Digital Equipment Corporation as the head of a management science consultants group for over ten years. Previously, he carried out research in particle-physics experiments at Brookhaven National Laboratory and Europe's CERN.

He is author/co-author to over one hundred articles in scientific and business journals and nine books translated into several languages. He has on occassion taught at Columbia University, the University of Geneva, the European business schools INSEAD and IMD, and the leadership school DUXX, in Monterrey, Mexico.

He has delivered many keynote speeches on a wide range of topics always maintaining a Big-Picture perspective. He has gained worldwide reputation for his expertise in S-curves and his vehement criticism of the Singularity concept.

He lives in Lugano, Switzerland.

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Βιβλίο παλιάς εποχής, κακογραμμένο πετάγεται από την μια επιστήμη στην άλλη, δεν υπάρχει λογική συνέχεια και συσχέτιση. Τώρα η γραφικές παραστάσεις δεν αποτελούν στατιστικές αναλύσεις και τεκμηρίωση μεταβολής. Γραμμικές μεταβολές υπάρχουν παντού μέσα στην ζωή μας, πχ η θερμοκρασία μεταβολή ανά εποχή αλλά και ανά ημέρα αυτό από μόνο του δεν λέει κάτι είναι αναμενόμενο, λογικό και επαναληψιμο, θα πρέπει να συνδεθεί με κάτι που είναι προς έρευνα πχ ένας ιός κ.α. είναι το μοναδικό βιβλίο που δεν κατάφερα να διαβάσω, κουράζει μπερδεύει τον αναγνώστη. είναι άλλο πράγμα οι γνώσεις και άλλο η μεταδοτικότητα είτε προφορική είτε γραπτή, στερείται το βιβλίο επιστημονικής σύνταξης
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