The issue of whether quantitative and predictive theories, so successful in the natural sciences, can be constructed to describe human social organization has been a theme of inquiry throughout the entire history of science.
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Bettencourt, L.M., Lobo, J., West, G.B. (2009). The Self Similarity of Human Social Organization and Dynamics in Cities. In: Lane, D., Pumain, D., van der Leeuw, S.E., West, G. (eds) Complexity Perspectives in Innovation and Social Change. Methodos Series, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9663-1_8
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