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Observing life

Of Stars and Men: Reminiscences of an Astronomer.

By Zdenek Kopal. Adam Hilger: 1986. Pp.489. £29.50, $60.

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  1. formerly Head of the Departments of Astronomy and History of Science at the University of Leicester, is now a Professor in the Department of Library and Information Studies, Loughborough University of Technology, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK.

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Meadows, A. Observing life. Nature 325, 26 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1038/325026b0

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