Is economics the next physical science?

Physics Today

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 37-42

  Farmer, J Doyne ^a   Shubik, Martin ^b   Smith, Eric ^a  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; PERSONNEL; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TEACHING;

ECONOPHYSICS;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

EID: 24944523744     PISSN: 00319228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2117821     Document Type: Review

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