Dreaming the future

"For countless generations people of every culture have practiced a broad range of dramatic and sometimes frightening techniques in an attempt to peer into the future. In this book, Clifford Pickover presents an exhaustive list of fortune-telling methods, from the ominous practice of human sacrifice to reading tarot cards.". "Pickover not only explores a vast and colorful array of methods for prediction - including dreaming - he also evaluates the accuracy of some of the most astonishing prophecies made throughout history. Just how accurate were such famous soothsayers as Nostradamus, the…