There have been various notable predictions made throughout history, including those by scientists based on the scientific method, predictions of social and technological change of futurologists, economic forecasts, religious prophecies and the fictional imaginings of authors and science fiction. Science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke wrote three laws of prediction.
Scientific prediction
The existence of Neptune was predicted through mathematical modelling based on Sir Isaac Newton's Law of gravity
Radio waves were predicted by James Clerk Maxwell
Final anthropic principle - highly contentious prediction bordering on philosophy
Antimatter was predicted by Paul Dirac on the basis of his formulation of relativistic quantum mechanics.
Unipolarity was predicted by Fichte on the basis of his analysis of the challenge of Napoleon and by K'ang Yu-wei on the basis of the macro-historical trend and global closure.
The Cold War was predicted by Alexis de Tocqueville on the basis of the expansion of Russia and America.
World Wars were predicted by K'ang Yu-wei and George Vacher de Lapouge on the basis of the macro-historical trend and global closure.
American unipolarity was predicted by George Vacher de Lapouge on the basis of combination of macro-historical trend, global closure and racial theory and by H. G. Wells on the basis of the development level.
The dissolution of the USSR was predicted by Emmanuel Todd on the basis of economic and national factors.