The discovery that quantities we had thought of as absolute are, in fact, relative instead is a theme that runs throughout the history of physics. Beyond physics, relational thinking can be found in all the sciences. In biology, the characteristics of living systems are comprehensible in relation to their environment formed by other living beings. In chemistry, the properties of elements consist of the way in which they interact with other elements. In economics, we speak of economic relations. In psychology, the individual personality exists within a relational context. In these and many
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