Quantitative revolution

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A revolution in geography that originated from 1950-1960. The Quantitative revolution led to a shift from a descriptive to an empirical law-making geography. Geography was influenced by scientific thinking, this resulted in an array of mathematical techniques that improved precision. Numbers were considered superior to words.

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