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Why do we know so little about the universe?

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The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is operated by Associated Universities, Inc., under contract with the National Science Foundation. The present paper is based on a colloquium given at the Universities of Albany, N.Y., and Göttingen.

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von Hoerner, S. Why do we know so little about the universe?. Naturwissenschaften 63, 212–217 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00610906

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