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412. Romans in Space: Star Wars, Dune and Beyond...
The Rest Is History
The Decline of Empires and the Role of a Psychohistorian
The Foundation series revolves around the prediction of a mathematician named Harry Selden who uses historical data to foresee the collapse of the empire. He establishes the Foundation as a beacon of hope in an impending dark age. The series explores Selden events, catastrophic events only foreseen by psychohistorians like Selden. This idea of drawing immutable lessons from history is popular in American universities and among military historians.
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