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Astronomy helped to build civilisations through its intellectual contribution. And it is still doing so. It has given humans the tools needed to measure time and space on Earth. For decades now, it has also impacted the modern world through its profound technological and political influence.
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Courvoisier, T.JL. (2017). Astronomy and Modern Society. In: From Stars to States. SpringerBriefs in Astronomy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59232-9_3
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