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There are several obvious phenomena which deeply affect everyday life on Earth: night and day (regular behavior), the seasons (regular behavior), meteorology and climate (irregular behavior).
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Kaufman, S., Pecker, JC. (2001). Before the Classical Greek Period. In: Kaufman, S. (eds) Understanding the Heavens. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04441-4_2
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