The Methodological Characteristics of Psychohistory

The varieties of psychohistory

GEORGE M. BAER (editor), The natural history of rabies, 2 vols., New York and London, Academic Press, 1975, 8vo, vol. 1: pp. xvi, 454, illus., £31.60; vol. 2: pp. xvi, 387, illus., £27.35. Rabies has become an increasingly important disease in the last few years, although it remains quite rare, These volumes, comprising forty-two chapters, deal with all types and all aspects of the disease. The...

Future Psychohistory

In his mid-20 century science fiction trilogy Foundation, Isaac Asimov used the fanciful science of ‘psychohistory’ as a literary trellis to weave a story around. The concept was simple yet intriguing: humanity’s course could be analyzed, predicted, and even guided using this new science that combined elements of mathematics, psychology, and history. New science was a familiar theme of the time...

Methodological characteristics of six aromatherapy massage studies

Aromatherapy is becoming increasingly popular; however there are few clear indications for its use. To systematically review the literature on aromatherapy in order to discover whether any clinical indication may be recommended for its use, computerised literature searches were performed to retrieve all randomised controlled trials of aromatherapy from the following databases: MEDLINE, EMBASE, ...

the effect of taftan pozzolan on the compressive strength of concrete in the environmental conditions of oman sea (chabahar port)

cement is an essential ingredient in the concrete buildings. for production of cement considerable amount of fossil fuel and electrical energy is consumed. on the other hand for generating one tone of portland cement, nearly one ton of carbon dioxide is released. it shows that 7 percent of the total released carbon dioxide in the world relates to the cement industry. considering ecological issu...

Creative Analysis: Psychohistory in a Troubled World