2006-06-24 02:43:07 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
When I read the Foundation trilogy for the first time I wondered about this too. I thought a bit about the equivalent of a gas law
p V T =constant for populations as deduced from the behavious of molecules. But I guess that even planet size populations are too small to be predictable.
Psychohistory as a science exist (see my references) but it different from the Asimovian science.
2006-06-24 03:32:11 · answer #1 · answered by cordefr 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Check into Game Theory. That is as close as you may get..
2006-06-24 14:49:25 · answer #2 · answered by mttorley 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes - i did make a start a few years ago then realised im no seldon
2006-06-24 09:48:08 · answer #3 · answered by Ivanhoe Fats 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Psychohistory.... = sophistry
2006-06-24 10:01:32 · answer #4 · answered by Bazza66 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋