{"product_id":"9781605018980","title":"What is Coming? : A Forecast of Things after the War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProphecy may vary between being an intellectual amusement and a serious   occupation; serious not only in its intentions, but in its consequences. For it   is the lot of prophets who frighten or disappoint to be stoned. But for some of   us moderns, who have been touched with the spirit of science, prophesying is   almost a habit of mind.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eScience is very largely analysis aimed at forecasting. The test of any   scientific law is our verification of its anticipations. The scientific training   develops the idea that whatever is going to happen is really here now--if only   one could see it. And when one is taken by surprise the tendency is not to say   with the untrained man, \"Now, who'd ha' thought it?\" but \"Now, what was it we   overlooked?\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Excerpted from \"What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after   the War\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MobileReference","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47138587869424,"sku":"9781605018980","price":0.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781605018980_p0.jpg?v=1763831063","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781605018980","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}