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Introduction
Peter Trichin is a professor at the University of Connecticut in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. He works on the scientific study of historical dynamics, a field for which he has coined the term, Clio Dynamics. Massimo Piyolucci: Is it possible to study history scientifically? Peter Trichin: Are there general laws and principles underlying how history unfolds; can we infer them from historical data with a rigor matching that of the sciences?