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[–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

a historian should have a passing familiarity with scientific laws and mathematics

A lot of history work is based on statistics and crunching numbers, apparently. For example, ACOUP is currently currently doing a series on the life of pre-modern peasants that involves a lot of calculating and modeling.