THE PERILS OF NOSTRADAMUS — IT FORECASTING

Nostradamus, a Frenchman who died in 1566, made his reputation through his prophetic but enigmatic book Centuries. He had the wit to make the book so obscure that it is impossible to say whether there are the slightest grounds for his prophetic reputation. He was appointed as physician to Charles IX, but we do not know whether his medical reputation was any better than his prophecies.