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Modern science and technology have given us knowledge and living standards far beyond the wildest expectations of our ancestors who lived only a few lifetimes ago.
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Shaver, P. (2018). Introduction. In: The Rise of Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91812-9_1
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