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Astronomy and Human Life

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

S. Ramadurai
S. Ramadurai*
Affiliation:
Theoretical Astrophysics Group, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Bombay 400 005, India
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Abstract

The role of astronomy in the cultural exchanges between India and China through several centuries is taken as an example of astronomy shaping human life. Then the tradition of astronomy in the development of scientific thought is examined. The contribution of astronomy in shaping the post-Renaissance society is briefly introduced. It is concluded that the recent developments of ideas in cosmology throw light on the intrinsic nature and limitations of the scientist as a human being.

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Invited
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , 1991 , pp. 76 - 77
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1991

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