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Theoretical science generates testable, logical (mathematical) systems of thought that explain or comprehend observations and empirical data that themselves only reflect some properties of some realm of experience. Progress began to occur rapidly when stable, repetitive patterns were discovered, such as the motion of stellar bodies that could be carefully observed and their distances, masses, and velocities measured, and such as the ratios in which various pure substances interacted to form different compound substances.
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Day, R.H. (2007). The Complex Problem of Modeling Economic Complexity. In: Complexity Hints for Economic Policy. New Economic Windows. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0534-1_3
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