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Cosmology is the speculative component of astrophysics, which is the science that interprets astronomical data by using the laws of physics and chemistry. Historically the three concepts, cosmology, astrophysics and astronomy, which included astrology, were integrated into a single pursuit, driven by religious dogma. As scientific data gradually became incorporated, religious considerations diminished in importance, but have still not been eliminated completely from the mix.

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    Common Era.

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    Plato, Timæus, 4th century BCE dialogue.

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    Translations of Galileo’s work in English include: Drake (1953); Crew & de Salvio (1914)

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  1. Dept. Chemistry, University of Pretoria, 0002, Pretoria, South Africa

    Jan C. A. Boeyens

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Boeyens, J.C.A. (2010). History. In: Chemical Cosmology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3828-9_2

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