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Summary and Conclusion

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During the course of the twentieth century, we have come to accept the idea that the Universe is evolving. Furthermore, we now accept as reasonable the idea that given the four basic forces of nature, stars should be born, evolve through various stages, and die.

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Stonier, T. (1992). Summary and Conclusion. In: Beyond Information. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1835-0_9

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