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Physics and social science — The approach of synergetics
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“Social dynamics (or sociodynamics) is an interdisciplinary field that studies collective social phenomena (Weidlich, 2006; 1991).”
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- Authors
- Weidlich, W.
- Venue
- Physics Reports
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1991-05
- Volume
- 204
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-163
- ISSN
- 0370-1573 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2079229497
- Cited by
- 294
- References
- 30
- FWCI
- 7.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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