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Astronomy in Israel: From Og’s Circle to the Wise Observatory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Yuval Ne’eman*
Affiliation:
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

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Colloquium IAU 72 is the first IAU-sponsored activity in this country, and it therefore seemed appropriate to include a paper on Astronomy in Israel. With the highly singular history of this nation, the scene will move from Eretz-Israel to Babylon (present day Iraq) and to Europe before returning to this area.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1983

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