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Howard, Luke
Hubbard, Elbert
Huber, Peter
human body
analogy with earth
complexity of
da Vinci's representation of
DNA sequence
immune system
measurement of
Human Genome Project
n65
Human Genome Sciences
humidity
Huntington's disease
hurricanes
hygrometers
hysteresis
Iamblichus
I Ching
immune system (human)
Incredible January Effect, The
Incyte
Industrial Revolution
n22
inertia, law of
infation
infuenza
epidemic of 1918
initial condition
butterfy effect
f
in cells and genetic research
in chaotic systems
in climate forecasting
in complex systems
and free will
in linear systems
and model error
in plot structure
in weather forecasting
Inquisition, Spanish
Institute for Systems Biology
n65
interest rates
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
International Institute for Applied
Systems Analysis
International Monetary Fund
7442Indexinverse-square
law
investors
psychology of
as rational
"invisible hand"of capitalism
irrational numbers
Issa (Japanese poet)
January effect
Japanese Earth Simulator
Jevons, William Stanley
jewels
Jupiter's moons
kabbalism
Kant, Immanuel
Kantsaywhere (Galton)
Keepin, Will
Keller, Evelyn Fox
Kelley, Edward
Kendall, Maurice
Kepler, Johannes
as an astrologer
harmony of the spheres
and Platonic solids
religious views
and Tycho Brahe
Keynes, John Maynard
Knight, Frank
Knight, Robert
Koestler, Arthur
n56
n59
Kosko, Bart
Kuhn, Thomas
Kyoto Protocol
lagged forecasts
Laing, R.D.
Lamarck, Jean Baptiste de
Laplace, Pierre Simon
Laplace's demon
Lavoiser, Antoine
Law of Ancestral Heredity
Leeuwenhoek, Antonie van
left: vs right
and division of brain
Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich
Leonardo da Vinci
on the human body
Leslie, Alan
Leverrier, Urbain
Lewontin, Richard
Life (system)
light
speed of
vs darkness
limited: vs unlimited
linear systems
resources as
linear thinking
Little Ice Age
London Anthropological Institute
London School of Economics
Long Count calendar
long-term forecasting
Lorenz, Ed, and the Lorenz system,
loss aversion
Lovelock, James
low-resolution model
Mackay, Charles
magnifying glass
male: vs female
Malkiel, Burton G.
Malthus, Thomas
Manabe, Syukuro
Mandelbrot, Benoit
Mandelbrot set
margin of error
Margulis, Lynn
market fuctuations
biological interpretations of
as chaotic
as predictable
as random
as rational
as super-rational
volatility vs time
market fundamentalism
Markowitz, Harry
Mars
Marx, Karl
Masculine Birth of Time, The (Bacon)
Mastlin, Michael
mathematical models
of atmospheric dynamics
of climate
of clouds
for economic forecasting
of the ecosystem
of global civilization
limitations of
for long-term forecasting
model bias
and model quality
of population growth
and Pythagorean antitheses
research in
for understanding the present
for weather forecasting
Mathematical Principles of Natural
Philosophy (Newton)
mathematikoi
Maturana, Humberto
Maxwell, James Clerk
McCauley, Joe
McClintock, Barbara
McKitrick, Ross
Mead, Richard
mean (average)
mechanical curves
mechanistic science
Mendel, Gregor
Mendeleyev, Dmitri
Mendelian diseases
Met. Offce (Britain)
metabolism
of cells
of economic systems
metaphor
Metaphysics (Aristotle)
Meteorologica (Aristotle)
meteorology equipment
microarray technology
microscopes
Midgley, Mary
Milankovich, Milutin
military applications
of absolute time
of the Cartesian grid
of quantum physics
of telescopes
of weather forecasting
Mills, Mark
Milon (athlete)
Milton, John
Mnesarchus
model drift
model error
moleosophy
Molina, Mario
moon
More, Thomas
Morgan, Thomas Hunt
motion: vs rest
Muller, Hermann
Music of the Spheres
Myriad
Mysteries of the Cosmos (Kepler)
mythology
naive forecast
National Hurricane Center
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Natural and Political Observations Made
upon the Bills of Mortality (Graunt)
natural disasters
scapegoats for
Nelson, Julie A.
Neptune
Newton, Isaac
as autistic
and calculus
laws of motion
on simplicity
Nina, La
Nino, El
noise
non-linear equations
non-linear systems
normal distribution
North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA)
numbers
irrational
Pythagorean properties of
rational
relation to music
numerical prediction
numerology
objectivity vs subjectivity
objects, falling
acceleration of
oblong: vs square
observatories
Ockham's Razor
odd: vs even
odometers
Oldenburg, Henry
one: vs plurality
oneiromancy
On
the Origin of Species (Darwin)
On the Revolution of Heavenly Spheres (Copernicus)
ordinary differential equation (ODE)
organelles
Organization for Economic Co-
operation and Development (OECD)
Ormerod, Paul
ornithomancy
Osborne, M.F.M.
Osiander, Andreas
Ovid
ozone layer
Painter, Theophilus
paleoclimatology
pandemics. See epidemics and
pandemics
parameterizations
in climate forecasting
in economic forecasting
sensitivity to
in weather forecasting
Pareto's law
Pascal, Blaise
Pasteur, Louis
Pearson, Christina
peer-review process
pendulums
perfect model assumption
periodic attractor
periodic table of chemical elements
phenotype
phrenology
plagues. See epidemics and pandemics
planetary orbits
as elliptical
and gravity
Kepler's laws of
as non-linear systems
perturbations in
Plato
Academy
Defence of Socrates
Phadros
Phaedo
Republic
Platonic solids
plurality: vs one
Plutarch
Poetica (Aristotle)
Poincare, Henri
point attractor
Politics (Aristotle)
polls
Pope, Alexander
Popper, Karl
population
control of
exponential growth of
homeostatic limits of
model predictions of
S-shaped curve for
statistical measurements of
portfolio theory
post-autistic economics
Poverty of Historicism, The (Popper)
power-law distribution
predestination
prenatal testosterone
pricing options
Prior Analytics (Aristotle)
probabilistic forecast
for economic prediction
for weather prediction
proteins
proteomics
Ptolemy
and Greek Circle Model
Putin, Vladimir
pyromancy
Pythagoras
antitheses
cosmic harmony
numerical prediction
and reincarnation
triangle theorem and geometry
Pythia
Pythian Apollo
Python
quantum physics
and free will
and nuclear weapons
Quetelet, Lambert
Treatise on Man and the Development
of his Faculties
radical fallibility
radio-sonde
RAND Corporation
random shocks
random walk theory
Raphael
The School of Athens
rational numbers
Raymer, Steve
Reagan, Nancy
recessions
Rees, Martin
Regional Integrated Climate-Economy
(RICE)
regression to the mean
regulation and regulating mechanisms
the earth as
of markets
of population growth
reincarnation
religion
Einstein's view of
and free will
and Greek Circle Model
and science
rest: vs motion
ribosomes
Richardson, Lewis Fry
Ridley, B.K.
right: vs left
and division of brain
Ring of Fire
Risk, Uncertainty, and Proft (Knight)
risk assessment
and asset valuation
economic
genetic
RNA (ribonucleic acid)
Robertson, Pat
root mean square (RMS)
Rosenkrantz, Friedrich
Rossby, Carl Gustaf
Rowland, Sherwood
Royal Greenwich Observatory
Royal Society
Rudolph II, Holy Roman Emperor
Rumsfeld, Donald
sampling
SARS
Saul, John Ralston
scapegoats
scatter
Schneider, Stephen
Scholes, Myron
School of Athens, The (Raphael)
Schrodinger, Erwin
science
as bastion against chaos
deterministic
lack of communication in
mechanistic
non-linear progress in
political and ethical neutrality of
as a protective mechanism
reason and analysis
and religion
sexualization of
world views of
scientifc method
Descartes principles for scientifc discovery
Ockham's Razor
scientists
link with autism
power of
as self-important
view of global warming issues
women as
Second World War
weather forecasting in
Secrets of the Universe (Kepler)
selfsh gene theory
n37
serotonin
n81
shadow orbits
f Shakespeare, William
Hamlet
King Lear
Tempest
shift map
Short History of Nearly Everything, A
(Bryson)
Sideways Look at Time (Griffths)
skill (of models)
Skinner, B.F.
Smagorinsky, Joseph
smallpox
Smith, Adam
Smith, Lenny
Smith, Linda
social physics
social sciences
sociology
Socrates
solar system
as based on geometry
force of
harmony of the spheres
as a repeating cycle
stability of
sun-centred models
Soros, George
Southern Oscillation
South Sea Bubble
species
extinction of
migration patterns of
square: vs oblong
square-root error growth
square root of two
S-shaped curve
standard deviation
State of Fear (Crichton)
statistics and statistical methods
correlation
for economical measurement
Galton's use of
polls
sampling
for scientifc predictions
status quo bias
stochastic noise
stocks
Stouffer, Ron
straight: vs crooked
straight lines
with linear regression
linear systems
as predictable
strange attractor
stress
sunspot fuctuations
supernova
Suzuki, David
Suzuki, D.T.
Swift, Jonathan
Sybil
syllogistic argument
systems biology
Taccone, Baldassare
Tamifu
Tao of Physics (Capra)
tasseomancy
T
ay-Sachs
telegraph
telescopes
Terwilliger, Joseph
Tetrabiblos (Ptolemy)
tetractys
Thales
The Double Helix (Watson)
Thelen, Esther
Theophrastus of Eresos
thermometers
Thomas Aquinas, St.
Thompson, Dick
Thucydides
thymine (T)
Tikopia
time
absolute
and motion
Times, The (London)
Torricelli, Evangelista
traits (human)
Galton's study of
measurement of
trend following
trigonometry
tsunamis
Tyndale, William
typhoons
Ulam, Stanislaw
uncertainty principle (Heisenberg)
uncomputability and uncomputable
systems
unlimited: vs limited
Uraniborg
Utopian society
vaccines
Varela, Francisco
Venter, Craig
virus
Vitruvius
volcanoes
Volkmar, Fred
Voltaire's Bastards (Saul)
von Neumann, John
von Tschermak, Erich
Vulcan
Walker, Gilbert
Wallace, Alfred Russel
Walpole, Robert
war. See First World War; military
applications; Second World War
water
as an element
environmental issues concerning,
role in global warming
Watson, James
Watt, James (British inventor)
Watt, James (U.S. politician)
Wealth of Nations, The (Smith)
weather
as a dynamical system
human control of
measurement of
Weather Book, The (FitzRoy)
weather forecasting
in almanacs
astrological methods
Cartesian grid for
and chaos theory
data assimilation
data-based synoptic method
economic importance of
ensemble methods
historical background
initial condition in
length of forecast
meterology equipment
military applications of
model error in
model"skill,"
numerical methods
probabilistic
storm prediction
weather maps
Weather Prediction by Numerical Process
(Richardson)
weather satellites
Wertheim, Margaret
Whale and the Supercomputer, The
(Wohlforth)
White, Andrew Dickson
Wiin-Nielsen, Aksel
witchcraft trials
Wohlforth, Charles
Wolfram, Stephen
World3
World Bank
world civilization. See civilization, global
Woudenberg, Fred
Wynne, Brian
yeast
and dough-folding example of chaos
Yorke, James
Younger Dryas
Zeus