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'not Afraid Of The Impossible': Ragnar Frisch (1895-1973) -- The Emergence Of Social Physics: The Econometric People Are Assembled -- The Years Of High Theory -- What Counts Is What Can Be Counted -- Particles Or Humans?: Paradoxes Of Mechanics -- Intriguing Pendula: Delights And Dangers Of Econometric Conversation -- Challenging Keynes: The Econometric Movement Builds Its Trenches -- Quod Errat Demonstrandum: Probability Concepts Puzzling The Econometricians -- Chaos Or Randomness: The Missing Manuscript -- Is Capitalism Doomed?: A Nobel Discussion -- Prometheus Tired Of War -- Conclusion: A Brave New World. Francisco Louçã. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [352]-368) And Index.