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If a physicist attempts to use his methods in other fields of science, some justifying remarks are necessary, because at first sight there seems to be no analogy between physics and, for example, sociology. But, while the fundamental laws governing different fields of science like physics, biology, sociology are very different and no easy direct connection between them can be established at the moment, there exists a unifying level of consideration for all these sciences.
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Weidlich, W. (1973). Fokker-Planck Equation Treatment of Interacting Social Groups. In: Haken, H. (eds) Synergetics. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-01511-6_24
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