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# Peter Turchin

(1957)   Academic

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Peter Turchin is an academic.

## Quick Facts About Peter Turchin

Born May 22, 1957

Profession Academic

## About Peter Turchin

Russian-American complexity scientist... \| Peter Valentinovich Turchin is a Russian-American scientist who specializes in an area of study he and his colleagues developed called cliodynamics—mathematical modeling and statistical analysis of the dynamics of historical societies.

##  Quotes by Peter Turchin

> [“Group minds are a result of collective discussion and working out of a consensus, which can be listened to (unlike an unreadable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-turchin/group-minds-are-a-result-of-collective-discussion-and-working-out-of/)

Peter Turchin

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> [“The collapse of order brings in its wake the four horsemen of the apocalypse - famine, war, pestilence, and death. Population declines,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-turchin/the-collapse-of-order-brings-in-its-wake-the-four-horsemen-of-the/)

Peter Turchin

[Civil war](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/civil-war/)

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