![]() ![]() Seldon’s mathematical models have shown conclusively that the Empire will collapse within a few hundred years, followed by a 30,000 year dark age before civilization is rebuilt. However, very few people have realized this, primarily those working with the great mathematician Hari Seldon. Set in a distant future, the book details a vast, galactic empire which has controlled thousands of inhabited worlds for 12,000 years. Psychohistory (originally hyphenated as “psycho-history”) first appeared in the short stories Asimov would later collect in his episodic novel Foundation. ![]() But he also came up with another unique and equally memorable science fiction concept: psychohistory. That’s what most people think of first when they think of Isaac Asimov-and certainly, his stories about the Three Laws of Robotics are among the best he wrote. ![]() The reaction of one man could be forecast by no known mathematics the reaction of a billion is something else again.” It could forecast reactions to stimuli with something of the accuracy that a lesser science could bring to the forecast of a rebound of a billiard ball. It was the science of mobs mobs in their billions. ![]() “Psychohistory dealt not with man, but with man-masses. ![]()
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