“…However, the tendency to imitate the methods of physics became much more apparent with the emergence of the marginalist school. Jevons' assertion that the theory of economy presents a close analogy to the science of statical mechanics (Jevons, 1871, p.viii), and Walras' prediction that mathematical economics will rank with the mathematical sciences of astronomy and mechanics (Walras, 1874, pp.47, 48), are indicative examples in this respect (see also Mirowski, 1984Mirowski, , 1989Mirowski, , 1991Turk, 2012). The views of second generation marginalist F. Y. Edgeworth represent the highest point of physics and, in particular of the methodological influence of classical physics.…”