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Everything is predictable : how bayesian statistics explain our world / by Chivers, Tom(Science writer),author.(CARDINAL)889925;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-358) and index.An award-winning science writer shows how Bayes's theorem, which can predict the probability of an event, affects every aspect of our lives in fields as diverse as medicine, law and artificial intelligence.
Subjects: Statistical decision.; Bayesian statistical decision theory.;

Prelude to Foundation / by Asimov, Isaac,1920-1992.(CARDINAL)155738;
"This series narrates the fall of a great galactic empire and the efforts of the Foundations to combat the barbarism that follows." "Hari Seldon possess the prophetic power that makes him the most wanted man in the Empire, Foundation."In the year 12,020 G.E., Hari Seldon arrives in the domed city of Trantor and begins to develop his theory of psychohistory, which predicts the rise of a power greater than the Empire860LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fiction.; Science fiction.; Seldon, Hari (Fictitious character); Life on other planets; Psychohistory;

The island of Dr. Moreau [large print] / by Wells, H. G.(Herbert George),1866-1946.(CARDINAL)142647;
"The Island of Dr. Moreau" is the story of Edward Prendick, an Englishman who finds himself shipwrecked on an island in the South Seas. On the island he discovers the mad Doctor Moreau and a group of beastly creatures that are the result of the Doctor's experiments. "The Island of Dr. Moreau," which was meant as a commentary on Darwin's theory of evolution, is a most uncanny prediction of the ethical issues raised by the science of genetic engineering in modern times and a cautionary tale of the potential dangers of science when left unchecked. --
Subjects: Large print books.; Science fiction.; Shipwreck survival; Animal experimentation; Islands;

The black swan : the impact of the highly improbable / by Taleb, Nassim Nicholas,1960-(CARDINAL)352439;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-358) and index.Umberto Eco's antilibrary, or how we seek validation. The apprenticeship of an empirical skeptic ; Yevgenia's black swan ; The speculator and the prostitute ; One thousand and one days, or how not to be a sucker ; Confirmation shmonfirmation! ; The narrative fallacy ; Living in the antechamber of hope ; Giacomo Casanova's unfailing luck : the problem of silent evidence ; The Ludic fallacy, or the uncertainty of the nerd -- We just can't predict. The scandal of prediction ; How to look for bird poop ; Epistemocracy, a dream ; Appelles the Painter, or what do you do if you cannot predict? -- Those gray swans of Extremistan. From Mediocristan to Extremistan and back ; The bell curve, that great intellectual fraud ; The aesthetics of randomness ; Locke's madmen, or bell curves in the wrong places ; The uncertainty of the phony -- The end. Half and half, or how to get even with the black swan -- Epilogue : Yevgenia's white swans.
Subjects: Uncertainty (Information theory); Forecasting.;

More than a theory : revealing a testable model for creation / by Ross, Hugh(Hugh Norman),1945-(CARDINAL)377130;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-292) and index.Is it science? -- Multiple choice -- Different strategies -- An objective testing method -- Resources and standards for RTB's model -- The biblical structure of RTB's creation model -- Putting RTB's model for the cosmos to the test -- Putting RTB's model for galaxies, stars, and planets to the test -- Putting RTB's model for life's beginning and extraterrestrial homes to the test -- Putting RTB's creation model for life's history to the test -- Putting RTB's creation model for advanced life to the test -- Putting RTB's creation model for the origin and history of humanity to the test -- Putting RTB's creation model to the "why" question test -- Putting new atheist cosmic models to the test -- Putting RTB's creation model to the U.S. Constitution test -- Using predictions to test models -- Scoring the models -- Extra credit.
Subjects: Creation.;

Four theories of rape in American society : a state-level analysis / by Baron, Larry.(CARDINAL)199015; Straus, Murray A.(Murray Arnold),1926-(CARDINAL)147719;
Bibliography: pages 223-243.
Subjects: Rape; Rape; Criminal behavior, Prediction of; Sexual assault.;

The signal and the noise : why most predictions fail but some don't / by Silver, Nate,1978-(CARDINAL)401158;
Includes bibliographical references and index.1260L
Subjects: Bayesian statistical decision theory.; Forecasting.; Forecasting; Forecasting; Knowledge, Theory of.;

Chaos theory : finding meaning in the madness, one bad decision at a time / by McSweeney, Leah,1982-author.;
"From Real Housewives of New York star, social media influencer, and entrepreneur Leah McSweeney comes a candid and inspiring book that chronicles her journey to success in business and life"--Introduction: Laws of disorder -- The butterfly effect -- Hurricane Leah -- Spontaneous order -- Strange attractors -- Body in motion -- Predictable AF -- It's all connected -- F*ck gravity -- The tarot can't tell you everything (but bitch, I love a séance).
Subjects: Autobiographies.; McSweeney, Leah, 1982-; Women television personalities; Businesswomen; Real housewives of New York City (Television program);

Albert Einstein : genius behind the theory of relativity / by Macdonald, Fiona.(CARDINAL)717350;
Includes bibliographical references (page 62) and index.Recounts the life of the scientist whose theories of relativity revolutionized the way we look at space and time.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955; Physicists; Physicists;

The black swan : the impact of the highly improbable / by Taleb, Nassim Nicholas,1960-(CARDINAL)352439;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Umberto Eco's antilibrary, or how we seek validation. The apprenticeship of an empirical skeptic ; Yevgenia's black swan ; The speculator and the prostitute ; One thousand and one days, or how not to be a sucker ; Confirmation shmonfirmation! ; The narrative fallacy ; Living in the antechamber of hope ; Giacomo Casanova's unfailing luck : the problem of silent evidence ; The Ludic fallacy, or the uncertainty of the nerd -- We just can't predict. The scandal of prediction ; How to look for bird poop ; Epistemocracy, a dream ; Appelles the Painter, or what do you do if you cannot predict? -- Those gray swans of Extremistan. From Mediocristan to Extremistan and back ; The bell curve, that great intellectual fraud ; The aesthetics of randomness ; Locke's madmen, or bell curves in the wrong places ; The uncertainty of the phony -- The end. Half and half, or how to get even with the black swan -- Epilogue : Yevgenia's white swans.'The Black Swan' is a concept that will change the way you look at the world. Black Swans underlie almost everything, from the rise of religions, to events in our own personal lives. Nassim Taleb explains everything we know about what we don't know, and shows us how to face the world.
Subjects: Uncertainty (Information theory);

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