Apocalypse When? Calculating How Long the Human Race Will Survive /

• Main Author: Wells, Willard (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Praxis, 2009.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Physics.; Mathematical models.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Statistics.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.

This book will be a key trailblazer in a new and upcoming field. The author’s predictive approach relies on simple and intuitive probability formulations that will appeal to readers with a modest knowledge of astronomy, mathematics, and statistics. Wells’ carefully erected theory stands on a sure fo...

Table of Contents:

• Formulation
• Confirmation
• Double jeopardy
• Human survivability
• Apocalypse how?.