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In the history of science, bridging the gap between different scientific fields usually leads to new insights and new discoveries, as it has happened many times from the age of Galileo. In the 1950s, one such gap was bridged when there started to appear the concept that some mathematical models used in engineering could be used for other kinds of systems, such as social and economics ones.
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Bardi, U. (2011). World Modeling by System Dynamics. In: The Limits to Growth Revisited. SpringerBriefs in Energy(). Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9416-5_6
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