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"The aim is to treat history as a “natural” science, using statistical methods, computational simulations and other tools adapted from evolutionary theory, physics and complexity science to understand (qoto.org)
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"The aim is to treat history as a “natural” science, using statistical methods, computational simulations and other tools adapted from evolutionary theory, physics and complexity science to understand why things happened the way that they did." https://theconversation.com/historys-crisis-detectives-how-were-using-maths-and-data-to-reveal-why-societies-collapse-and-clues-about-the-future-218969 #ClimateChange #History #Histodon #Histodons #Society #Science #LongRead #Academia #Academic #Academics @histodon @histodons @science

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"Have you ever wondered why the extra day of the leap year falls on February 29, an odd date in the middle of the year, and not at the end of the year on December 32? There is a simple answer, and a (qoto.org)
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"Have you ever wondered why the extra day of the leap year falls on February 29, an odd date in the middle of the year, and not at the end of the year on December 32? There is a simple answer, and a slightly more complex one." https://theconversation.com/the-leap-year-is-february-29-not-december-32-due-to-a-roman-calendar-quirk-and-fastidious-medieval-monks-224433 #History #Histodon #Histodons #Medieval #Medievodons #Calendar #LeapYear @histodon @histodons @medievodons

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"Economists have reported results based on populations for every country in the world for the past two thousand years. The source, McEvedy and Jones’ Atlas of World Population History, includes many (qoto.org)
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"Economists have reported results based on populations for every country in the world for the past two thousand years. The source, McEvedy and Jones’ Atlas of World Population History, includes many estimates that are little more than guesses and that do not reflect research since 1978."

Guinnane TW. We Do Not Know the Population of Every Country in the World for the Past Two Thousand Years. The Journal of Economic History. 2023;83(3):912-938. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050723000293 #OpenAccess #OA #Journal #Article #History #Economics #World #Population #HistoryOfEconomics #Economist #Economists #Academia #Academic #Academics @histodon @histodons @historyofeconomics