Cultures of Prediction

Preface
1 Introduction
2 Hitting the Target With Mathematics: Ballistics and 
the Entangled History of Rational and Empirical Modes of Prediction
3 Engineering Knowledge, Autonomy, and Mathematics
4 Epistemology of Iteration: Predicting the Behavior of Molecules 
from 1927 to 2000
5 Systems Thinking and the Mainframe Culture of Prediction
6 Code is Fluid: How computational models move and 
adapt to new settings and applications
7 A Transformation of Bayesian Statistics: Computation, 
Prediction, and Rationality
8 Engineering Thermodynamics: Prediction and a Merger of Cultures
9 Looking Back and Looking Ahead: Prediction—Both Hybrid and Pure
Notes
References
Index