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3 Table of Contents: “...The Triumph of the Human Intellect -- France vs Germany -- Hegel and Ceres -- Piazzi's Deception...”

4 Table of Contents: “...The Incroyable Pique-nique and the Méridienne Verte -- The Size of France -- Shape of the Earth...”

5 Table of Contents: “... Cold War nuclear powers—China, the UK, France -- After the Cold War—regional tensions -- What...”

6 Table of Contents: “... Outrenach in France and Beyond -- Astronomers and the Media: What Reporters Expect...”

7 “...Based on lectures given at a CNRS summer school in France, this book covers many aspects of stellar...”

8 “...-Gaussian information of gravitational lensing are studied. Measuring lensing MFs from the Canada–France...”

9 “... the attention of the most powerfu l king in Europe, Louis XIV of France (the “Sun King”), under the auspices...”

10 “... other, and when the true nature of these celestial bodies was not yet known. With astronomers in France...”

11 “... and continued to do so for many years after. Other latter-day space nations, such as France and China, would...”

12 “... Canada, China, England, France, Georgia, Iran, Japan, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Portugal, Thailand...”

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14 “... Australia, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Scotland, Sweden, Thailand...”

15 “...; the 600 kj Ligne d'Intergration Laser (LIL) and the 2 MJ Laser Megajoule (LMJ) in Bordeaux, France...”